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DeVine®—The Way It Was Developed—An Industrialist's View

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Donald S. Kenney
Donald S. Kenney*
Affiliation:
Plant Sci., Abbott Lab. Agric. Res. Ctr., Long Grove, IL 60047
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The use of biological control agents for the control of noxious pests is not new conceptual research. There are examples that predate by centuries the modern use of both herbicides and insecticides. For example, the successful control of insects by biological control was shown in 1762 by the introduction of the Mynah bird (Gracula religiosa Linnaeus) from India to Mauritius (4). In 1888, the Vedalia beetle (Rodolia cardinalis Muslant) was introduced to control the cottony-cushion scale (Icerya purchasi Maskell) of citrus (3). An example of biological control of weeds was reported in 1863 when it was observed that an infestation of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia humifusa Raf. # OPUHU) was decimated by the imported cochineal insect (Dactylopius tomentosus Lam.) (5).

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Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 34 , Issue S1: Supplement 1: Microbiological Control of Weeds Symposium , 1986 , pp. 15 - 16
Copyright
Copyright © 1986 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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