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Appalachian Mountains chapter for Conservation International book on Wilderness
An introduced adelgid has destroyed many of the region's Fraser fir. Another introduced species of these insects threatens to do the ... most hemlocks are already dead. A tachinid fly (Compsilura concinnata) that was deliberately introduced to control introduced pests, including the gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar), is now itself out of control, attacking ...
www.discoverlife.org

Euan Mason's personal views
Possums, rats, stoats and wasps are degrading our native forest ecosystems as you read this ... could be done in a way that wouldn't disrupt the habitat; moreoever, by controlling pests we would actually enhance the habitat for our native fauna. It would reduce our reliance ...
www.fore.canterbury.ac.nz

Press release from Mason & Whyte
Timberlands would control introduced pests that are currently degrading our native forests, an expensive task that would otherwise have to ...
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Willowbank Wildlife Reserve
Your trip to New Zealand will not be complete without seeing ... three areas it concentrates on: Saving our Rare Livestock New Zealand has many breeds of introduced domestic animals that are now very rare world wide. Working to breed and popularize these ...
www.rarebreeds.co.nz

U.S. Global Change Research Information Office
However promising, the reliance ... developed resistance to all major classes of insecticides. Mechanical methods Introduced pests can often be controlled mechanically. Water hyacinth, introduced from South America to Florida at the end of the ...
gcrio.org

Mountain Pygmy-possum Burramys parvus - Threatened Species Day 2005 fact sheet
It has been declared a noxious weed in all states and territories except ...
www.environment.gov.au

Introduced species - EPA/QPWS
Some of these species have been deliberately introduced to Australia, while others have turned up uninvited! But the problem of introduced pests ... seaweed and toxic algae have been introduced to Australia in the ballast water or on the hull of ships. Some of these have become pests. Unwelcome immigrants Health checks have found ...
www.epa.qld.gov.au

Tasmania declares GM plants as 'pests'
From: UK Independent on Sunday, Geoffrey Lean home Subject: Australian state says GM crops are pests Genetically modified crops will today suffer a new indignity. They are to be officially classified ... . Genetically modified cotton and carnations are already grown in Australia and the central government has introduced legislation which will enable GM foods to be grown as well. The bill would set ...
www.primalseeds.org

Traits introduced into crops by genetic engineering (GE).
Traits introduced into crops by genetic engineering (GE). Traits introduced in foods by genetic engineering A brief overview Trait Percentage of all GE-food products: ... on any of the pesticidal crops now approved for release in several countries. Finally, the pests are likely to develop resistance to the pesticidal plants. This has been observed to occur ...
psrast.org

Biological Control Methods for Pests in Commercial Greenhouses
PESTS AND NATURAL ENEMIES 4.1 TWO-SPOTTED SPIDER MITE (Tetranychus urticae Koch) The spider mite is a major pest in commercial greenhouses. Shortly after organophosphorus pesticides were introduced ... populations have also developed resistance to commonly used pesticides, even to the recently introduced synthetic pyrethrins, which it was hoped would replace the organophosphorus and organochlorine ...
www.eap.mcgill.ca