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DEBUNKING MOTH MYTHS - UC Scientists Speak Out
by eon3 via lbam
Thursday May 15th, 2008 12:53 AM
According to two UC scientists, not only can the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) not be 'eradicated' by the forced aerial pesticide spraying of the San Francisco Bay Area planned for this summer by a state agency, but it poses no real threat to agriculture in the first place.
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UC Davis Entomologist Dr. James Carey and UC Santa Cruz Arboretum Executive Director Dr. Daniel Harder present the results of their research at the March 13, 2008 informational hearing held in San Rafael by State Senator Joe Simitian, Chair of the Senate Environmental Quality Committee.

Dr. Harder's report on his recent trip to New Zealand, where the LBAM is "...effectively controlled almost exclusively by natural predators in both agricultural settings and wild lands," is available on-line at:
http://www.ucsc.edu/news_events/text.asp?pid=2021
UC Davis Entomologist Dr. James Carey
by eon3 via lbam Thursday May 15th, 2008 12:53 AM
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UC Santa Cruz Arboretum Executive Director Dr. Daniel Harder
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