The Time Before Pesticides- How Tiny Heroes Worked

In a recent article BBC FUTURE publish about how the tiny parasitic wasp that saved an industry.

Scattered among the highly biodiverse forests of South East Asia, millions of farmers eke out their livelihoods by growing cassava. When cassava was first imported to South East Asia from South America . It was able to grow without the help of pesticides. Then in 2008, the cassava mealybug followed the root vegetable to the region and began devastating the crops.

The arrival of the...

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