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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?* >> * >> * >> * >> * >> Regards, >> >> >> (Vikram Jit Singh) >> >> Golf Columnist and Wildlife Correspondent: >> >> *The Times of India* >> at Chandigarh. >> >> >> Columnist and Writer for: >> >> *The Hindustan Times* >> * >> * >> *The Dainik Bhaskar* >> >> *The Daily Ajit* >> * >> * >> * >> * >> *(M: 09814019356)* >> >> -- >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > Dr. Chitra Shanker > Sr. Scientist (Entomology) > Directorate of Rice Research, > Rajendranagar, Hyderabad -500030 > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.