Posts Tagged ‘biocontrol’
Afghan poppy farmers, who grow a big chunk of the poppies used to supply the world with opium, are accusing NATO of infecting their fields with a poppy-killing fungus. They just might be right. According to Fungus hits Afghan opium poppies: A serious disease is affecting opium poppies in Afghanistan, Antonio Maria Costa, the head [...]
Tags: biocontrol, mycoherbacide, opium, Papaver somniferum, Pleospora papaveracea, poppies
One website that is well worth checking periodically is ScienceDaily.com. That’s where I found this fresh article, Controlling Kudzu with Naturally Occurring Fungus, on efforts at biocontrol of the invasive plant kudzu. Kudzu has been spreading throughout the Southestern U.S. since its introduction during the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876. Since 1998, Doug Boyette (ARS [...]
Tags: biocontrol, kudzu
