Evicting the boll weevil. (includes related articles on using weevils to feed parasitic wasps and on getting rid of boll weevil in several states) From: Agricultural Research | Date: March 1, 1994| Author: Adams, Sean; De Quattro, Jim; Suszkiw, Jan | COPYRIGHT 1994 U.S. Government Printing Office. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Boll weevils cost the cotton industry $300 million each year, especially in pesticides. Agricultural Research Service scientists, led by Edgar G. King, are helping eradicate the boll weevils by cultivating a parasitic wasp that only attacks the weevil. The scientists are testing ways to mass-produce the wasps with an artificial diet. The wasps would then be released in a cotton field in time to destroy any boll weevils. Other research is being done with a fungus that kills boll weevils a few ...

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