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Pests teaming-up: Bio-controls might be helping weeds thrive

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A new study by the University of NSW (UNSW) in Sydney researchers suggests that introducing herbivorous insects or animals to control invasive weeds might be triggering a cooperative response among the plants, allowing them to thrive rather than decline.

Lead author Professor Stephen Bonser from the UNSW School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences says that although invasive spe...


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