[APWG] NEWS: Plants that need no pesticides make insects go hungry?

[Olivia Kwong]

http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20090109/LIFESTYLE/901090301

Plants that need no pesticides make insects go hungry?
January 9, 2009
Carol Reese, The University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service

I found myself wincing as I read an article included in a Master Gardener 
newsletter. The article was yet another denouncing the use of non-native 
plants.

Usually the exotic plant's crime is its alleged invasive character, 
crowding out native species. Sometimes this reputation is deserved. Often 
it is not.

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