[APWG] NEWS: Finding the Ideal Predator for Garlic Mustard

[Olivia Kwong]

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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