>
> >By 2009, a survey of 16,600 cotton bolls from conventional crops yielded
> only two pink bollworm larvae, and farmers had stopped using insecticide
> sprays to keep the pinkie population in check.


Thanks for this resounding success story, Pete!  We are going to need to
focus more on alternative methods to  kneejerk pesticide use for the long
run.

Randy Oliver

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