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World Service,11 Aug 1997,13 mins

Biological Pest Control: a Realistic Alternative

The Farming World

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"If we can get farmers away from that pesticide treadmill, we find in many cases pesticides are barely needed," says Gary Hill of the International Institute for Biological Control. But before you give up the chemicals, find the right biological control which could be an indigenous predator.

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