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Опубликовано New China TV на YouTube 10.05.2015
Biological control is a natural solution against agricultural pests and produces only limited impact on the environment, biologist Eduardo Botto said Friday in an interview with Xinhua.
Botto, assistant director of Argentina's Institute for Agricultural Microbiology and Zoology of the National Agricultural Technology Institute (INTA), said that using biological agents as a method of pest control on both a micro and macro scale is a recent method in Argentina.
During a guided tour of the lab in the INTA, an institute located some 30 km to the west of the capital city of Buenos Aires, Botto said the lab conducts research on control agents that could be used to combat pests from farmland, forest areas and in fruits.
He showed Xinhua some micro-wasps which are one millimeter in size. They have been genetically modified and act as a means of biological control. "By attaching themselves to the pest, they destroy the eggs," added the biologist.
These insects were introduced to Argentina a year ago from Uruguay but they are originally from Australia. Further development into the field of biological control is very important for Argentina as it is one of the world's largest producers of soya beans. Enditem
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