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.M~y-pelc{dye these ·gra~~s re'=:-' '. Pfjlsifka,· D,.orr,post-doctoral' '.anEl FlQ~~!l'" t6~b.e7.Midw~;iJi· .' .;. {W9ile~theY;;~9J:ft'C}llJ~~,mUM.' 'inlpr()V~nwllts' in plant.preeQing .
quir~1ittlet()fioman;}gem~ntfor . re~earell..associate,,:Pl.'~sente~ tAugJ;tSt... ,./-..... . . . . ",;:. . ·vis.ll#>eQJlc~;t:~Ii·.~thjslighfyeb ~()JT inc~Illtves,togro:W'PartiCwar
h1s~Gt~;Ol: otller,pests~>:· '.• "~;" ;~eifteam'srese3f~hand goals-(tt -,..• M()reres«t¥cli i&ne~(;}sl tOt!e., , . :1~gpf~av~8,·~e.jcan.tfanSt~'·~ .~rop~ il):~GeI,!~n·~ea§.: Alsp,,'the
::a:oweverires~~hers.:fU"~Bnd:-the r~~ent Bioenetgy:~~ed~tQcks " tennine;lj.Qw,;Seri9us~of atb~~t, . mit:b~~~YyellQ\M:uWartvirusr=' \ 'eQ~l101pi~,sitiJatiolLC~anges de~
ingl1Jth~,t~atr:be~'g p~i-'fr~,' SY¢posi~1nCbawpaiga.:,:.. ~these)in~ects' aJ:~<t()~pertnnial- «~l1t~~~~l~1it~Cml.~;~pb~d, .,~ridi!lg1)p,thevab)~'QftheCo~~ .
thlt:J.deI.lti!y'ofm$etJ:p~sts'~d .,.·For;:t1ie.P&sttwo.y~s"tljey ,.:grasses. . . ..' ..•.... ,.". ... ,' .c~\Viiiteri!ill1ino~§;,;/,;·;L,::;:~';·,' ;;'Ji1oditYan~tlie to~ ofman~~e-
tb~irefteciso~ ll~estal!le-btq~~ "ha~e' 1:J~ }~0It4\1~ngsun1eys '. 'Pr~~,eJ1~mJjrage~~pr0d1:tcers" .:l'l1eYru:e,l¢owti'16}nf~~st;the:ment:'>',~.~ j '" ';:.'/ .
~a~ atesllnply'~'Qt yetla1/~~... .~1lilctse~chlngfor,pestscCin bid~ t(l.~~1J;w~.~ftbispoteB~aI\pest, ._/lower"l~~ve~v~·~i~.tPll.~i~q '. ~),Yek~~search~s'~e oP.m,piStiG
A::smallo&terpUl~"kn()~:a:s,mas~crops.,. . .~:':. .'~~\7','{/ \ particularlYlU'ilfea~hWhet~jm1)l.<. ~se~d$tippJmg, which' ey~~: ,@o:utlhow ~sepests~willmter~.' '
ytlie tille~"kill~rn~b~errdoc~;' :~, l!As bi~nia~,~rJ},clu,ctfoti:.:}ri~ fiPl!~c~~gs~Qt~w1~~fi.as$tU~ ',,~ally,~~ , ",~ ;~\~e! actWth~~j«i:qlas~crp~s;\".,
lllept~4111 cSWltcbgrass aCf{)ss 1!le: .". cre{lses:, lpe§ts· wil1r..e1tcttqtl1e .... 'deslrable«!Sfall armyworm tar"' ·m;e ais{),cap, ... e. of tre:m.$mlt~ng. . 'IBlOmasscrops should be aD~fl
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at ~e~~!~ ~1~.~~ien~es~WS;f!! lWM~~t~~bl, tl!~m,"l>rasJf:·c;< _:. ~,~ ',: .~' '1" / ' '.x,~ . . ,'~~s haf<itPJ~re~:l; :wn0!1J:lt~.•of .IUJl!ry ~~forf-~9u
tute~nat theUJllverslty ofTIIi- kaSa,Id.· ...... '. ' 'fh~ ti~er:-ldller ls,a stem-bor.. ca,st the ef£ .pestspnpere.Q-need~o ,cons~der Intervening to
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< .·IT~itli~::JJniteJl_States,:~Q'Y~ lng' ~Gat~pjl1ar,,·that,:cfeeds . on"'niatbiQmassgops.:~~.. '>i;,,~.. .:pr".setv~·thEf'yield\otbi(jt}(ass,"
.;;.1Il~4dition, thiS;~anrre(;-ehtly .', ~b~.;weJ:e';~onsidere,ll: ~tJ'~estt sWit~hja$san(tca~estbtown:.·· ·~d(Ifyofiwer:Et.~b.~k·t1iewJi(litlle -~as~~"said. ~ ," ~. ..;:.~: . . ~, ... ' ~!~', '
jueIltiJedf~\llalim¥Vv0rJ'l;ls~con13. /fJ;ee~x~opJO.t IDanyy,~~s~.,But. -::iJ:ig of whotli,eavesiElPpJlalts th~' outloQkon;a.cer~ain;pe~t,i!sfor_: .. HeeJ!lcou~~ges:biQirtass~()p
leitfaphids,art'l'yenuW~ugarc.anenoW;sQYPeans~jl1stmre~;otheI groWJl1of1ilfeste(l ,tiU~IS; .,; .. , " ne~f year,;y· migllt.;qe:-ahle .' to, ,>prodq~fs,Jouse wise. b!eeding
,~ .apffidstl.~pot~l1ti~~pe~ts~Gf Mis::: cFoPf5liir\{e'man~gemynt.'j~lles ,It~pends,~~;wintei ~sJr~~a:;/.m~-e:a;goQopre.dtqtion,',:~e;said. , : efforts~. .""'>'>.,
-canthus,)(gig()Jltetis;' ... ' :. . rela~ed to"both ins¢~ts>an~l'dis'~'~ tp. tb~g{Qund, '~chPtasifl<~pe·...·II13,uf;ifYQu.iareJ~~ld]1g~10·more: '?Ifyou,put'()ut. on,eVariety tliat
·~'.I'c>~go3Iis:t(l'di.scoverperep.. . ,~ ~~.~" .·,<;;~'r',.... <7;' 1i~¥es, 1lI~»h.:~lp.k,eep;~ep.opUla- yearsdo~~ line,'at;'¥iscap,t.:. ~youthink~~ awodd ..be~erf~e­
n~~.gras~:1>ests-',-nO\!\f~S~, W~~aI1 'c~Praslfkal~is€~selhthe:~~t~l tioiisuppresse4~~ijljnois~ '. . . .: h\ls,~tl1at's very difficulttodo~ .'. ..~. men1b~r~~~t.: it tejllly doesn't.
stlldy~~if:11ot~ptial impact be:- . p~sts ·disc;ovel~d·.~on; biomass' ._13.ecails~;,tb~lury:Jr()m this '; (:VV:~are taJking,abou~a sRate of"_ pl'ovide-thf1;sameJeyelof prorec"·
fore thesegrass~, b~ome wide.; ".cio,ps,Jnc1udinKlall an,nywOtms, insect occurs ea,ly;it is:possi~le time~ that"actu~Yl"e~nteY91u~~ 'tion from evolving pathogens or
spr.ead':' MikeGray,a~U ofI-ento-· tiner~idners,· c~;rp lea(apbids~/ switchgra..S~· cQuld:j;;OJ:npeHsate 110n of insecfand.pathogenpop- iIisectsjhat ~dn'osaic' ofseveral '
mologistwho lead$'the res.earchand.yellowsug~am~aphidS: . for;thelQ~s:Of sm;ne tillers. .. ~tio:rts."..... . . silJlilir'{eedstockswould. ha;ve
'.team, said ina llews release.:~· .. '. FalLarmyWorms;~ere. found . Cp~n l~af aphids. are. another . lIt addi(iou;'PJasifka said ou.e. withdifferentJeveIs ofr~~isuince
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