[APWG] NEWS: Finding the Ideal Predator for Garlic Mustard
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Mon Dec 15 14:53:15 CST 2008
http://www.wssa.net/WSSA/PressRoom/WSSA_GarlicMustard_Predator.htm
Finding the Ideal Predator for Garlic Mustard
Computer simulation helps scientists select a tiny weevil to control
invasive weed that threatens native plants When garlic mustard (Alliaria
petiolata) was brought to North America from Europe more than a century
ago, no one predicted it would carpet thousands of acres of forestland,
choke out native plants and even disrupt the development of a rare native
butterfly, Pieris napi oleracea.
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