Sun flower has the ability to absorb radioactive ions and heavy metals.
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On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 8:09 PM, Chitra Shanker <chitrashan...@gmail.com>wrote:

> Congress grass is *Parthenium hysterphorus* and the biocontrol agent is 
> *Zygogramma
> bicolor* a coccinellid. THough the coccinellid grubs and adults feed
> voraciously on the plants and can defolitae it, have been released in many
> places for its control..... it has also started feeding on sunflower which
> is a commercial crop.
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 6:51 PM, vikram jit singh <
> vikramjitsing...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Can the learned botanists guide me on the subject of the Mexican beetle
>> vs Congress grass.
>>
>>
>> *1. How efficacious has the Mexican beetle proved in the control of the
>> alien weed, Congress grass, in India?*
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>> Regards,
>>
>>
>> (Vikram Jit Singh)
>>
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