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Pesticide - Repellents and attractants. Insect Attractants [6] Insect Repellents Bird Repellents [7] Mammal Repellents [8] ...

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Given the above-mentioned considerations, many critics of coca eradication believe the fundamental goal of the U.S. government is to constrict the flow of income to the Colombian Marxist rebel movement, FARC, which is heavily funded by the illegal drug trade, rather than combating drugs per se. Few if any such critics have anything favorable to say about the illicit drug trade, but they point out that under the current coca eradication policies, poor campesinos bear the brunt of efforts to combat it, while North American and European ...

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Coca eradication, Coca eradication - Environmental impact, Coca eradication - Socioeconomic impact, Coca eradication - Geopolitical issues, Coca eradication - Results, Coca eradication - Quotes

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The U.S. has supplied tens of thousands of gallons of Roundup to the Colombian government for use in aerial fumigation of coca crops. We have been using a fleet of crop dusters to dump unprecedented amounts of high-potency glyphosate over hundreds of thousands of acres in one of the most delicate and bio-diverse ecosystems in the world. This futile effort has done little to reduce the availability of cocaine on our streets, but now we are learning that a possible side-effect of this campaign could be the unleashing of a Fusarium epide ...

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In the sierra of Peru, Bolivia, and northern Argentina, coca has been consumed (by chewing and brewing in infusion) for thousands of years as a stimulant and cure for altitude sickness; it also has symbolic value. The sale and consumption of coca (but not pure cocaine) is legal and legitimate in these countries. With the growth of the Colombian drug cartels in the 1980s, coca leaf became a valuable agricultural commodity, particularly in Peru and Bolivia, where the quality of coca is higher than in Colombia. To supply the foreign mark ...

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Plots denuded of coca plants by mechanical means (burning or cutting) or chemical herbicides, such as Monsanto's Roundup, are abandoned and cause serious problems with erosion in seasonal rains. In addition, the U.S. has also been involved in the application of the fungus Fusarium oxysporum to wipe out coca; that fungus poses serious hazards both to humans and to other plant species. In 2000, the Congress of the United States approved use of Fusarium as a biological control agent to kill coca crops in Colombia (and anoth ...

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Domestication of plants is a selection process conducted by humans to produce plants that meet the needs of the farmer and the consumer. The practice is estimated to date back 9,000-11,000 years. Many crops in present day cultivation are the result of domestication in ancient times, about 5,000 years ago in the Old World and 3,000 years ago in the New World. In the Neolithic period, domestication took a minimum of 1,000 years ...

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Agriculture is both a federal and state responsibility in Australia. The Federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) is involved in agricultural policy as well as running The Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS). The states departments perform extension work, and have plant breeding programs to make cultivars with properties suitable for the conditions in each state. The state departments are: Department of Agriculture Western Australia Department of Agriculture, Mining, and Rural Aff ...

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Agriculture in Australia, Agriculture in Australia - History of agriculture in Australia, Agriculture in Australia - Major agricultural products, Agriculture in Australia - Crops, Agriculture in Australia - Horticulture, Agriculture in Australia - Viticulture, Agriculture in Australia - Livestock, Agriculture in Australia - Dairy, Agriculture in Australia - Fisheries, Agriculture in Australia - Fibre, Agriculture in Australia - Governance, Agriculture in Australia - Future challenges, Agriculture in Australia - Drought, Agriculture in Australia - Salinity and soil acidity, Agriculture in Australia - Invasive species, Agriculture in Australia - Disease and pests, Agriculture in Australia - Animal Welfare, Agriculture in Australia - Genetically modified crops

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Following European settlement, the wool industry was the first large scale agricultural enterprise in Australia’s history. Wool was of key importance to the Australian economy, so much so that the phrase ‘Australia rides on the sheep’s back’ is still a part of the Australian vernacular. Wool production is less crucial today, the wool industry shrunk significatly in the 1990s due to low world prices and competition from synthetic fibre. In the 1860s sugar was successfully grown in plantations in Queensland. A raw sugar mill was ...

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Agriculture in Australia, Agriculture in Australia - History of agriculture in Australia, Agriculture in Australia - Major agricultural products, Agriculture in Australia - Crops, Agriculture in Australia - Horticulture, Agriculture in Australia - Viticulture, Agriculture in Australia - Livestock, Agriculture in Australia - Dairy, Agriculture in Australia - Fisheries, Agriculture in Australia - Fibre, Agriculture in Australia - Governance, Agriculture in Australia - Future challenges, Agriculture in Australia - Drought, Agriculture in Australia - Salinity and soil acidity, Agriculture in Australia - Invasive species, Agriculture in Australia - Disease and pests, Agriculture in Australia - Animal Welfare, Agriculture in Australia - Genetically modified crops

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Modern plant breeding, whether classical or through genetic engineering, comes with issues of concern, particularly with regard to food crops. The question of whether breeding can have a negative effect on nutritional value is central in this respect. Although relatively little direct research in this area has been done, there are scientific indications that, by favoring certain aspects of a plant's development, other aspects may be retarded. A study published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition in 2004, entitled Ch ...

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List of military engagements of World War II - 1939. September Campaign Battle of Bzura Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski Battle of Kock Battle of Warsaw Saar Offensive - the French attack on Saarland Winter War Battle of Tolvajärvi Battle of Suomussalmi Battle of Changsha (1939) - Second Chinese-Japanese War Battle of the River Plate ...

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General: Arctic Convoys (operation Rösselsprung) Second Battle of the Atlantic - the name given to the conflicts in the Atlantic Ocean between 1940 and 1945. see also Timeline of the Second Battle of the Atlantic Battle of the Mediterranean Battle of the Indian Ocean Specific: 1939: The Battle of the River Plate 1940: First Battle of Narvik Second Battle of Narvik 19 ...

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General: Strategic bombing during World War II Strategic bombing survey for the overall impact of the bombing. Specific: Baedeker raids Chungking Coventry Dresden Hamburg Helsinki February 1944, was mostly ineffective due to air defence and deception. Hiroshima One nuclear weapon dropped from a B-29, devastating a city. Kassel London - "The Blitz" and the V1 and V2 campaigns Lübeck Nagasaki ...

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Most herbicides are applied as water-based sprays using ground equipment. Ground equipment varies in design, but large areas can be sprayed using self-propelled sprayers equipped with a long boom, of 60 to 80 feet (20 to 25 m) with flat fan nozzles spaced about every 20 in (500 mm). Towed, handheld, and even horse-drawn sprayers are also used. Herbicides can also be applied aerially using helicopters or airplanes, and can be applied ...

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Herbicide, Herbicide - History, Herbicide - Uses, Herbicide - Classification of herbicides, Herbicide - Application, Herbicide - Terminology, Herbicide - Some major herbicides in use today, Herbicide - Other herbicides of historical interest

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Herbicides can be grouped by activity, use, chemical family, mode of action, or type of vegetation controlled. By activity: Contact herbicides destroy only the plant tissue in contact with the chemical. Generally, these are the fastest acting herbicides. They are less effective on perennial plants, which are able to regrow from roots or tubers. Systemic herbicides are translocated through the plant, either from foliar application down to the roots, or from soil application up to the leaves. They can destroy a grea ...

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Researcher Joseph Kiesecker focused research on a rural area of Pennsylvania where trematodes were present in ponds. His research indicated that frogs sheltered from the infiltration of parasites developed normally, while those that were exposed developed deformities. He also monitored the pesticide levels in the same ponds and found a magnification in the rate of parasitism in the polluted ponds suggesting that the presence of the pollutants reduces the frog’s immune response to parasitism. ("Pesticides Mess with Immunity" J. Pickrell Science News. July 13, 2003, p. 20) See also:

Decline in frog populations, Decline in frog populations - Pollution, Decline in frog populations - Climate change, Decline in frog populations - Parasites, Decline in frog populations - Chytrid fungus, Decline in frog populations - Exotic species

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Small to medium-sized raiding operations were carried out by both Allied and Axis armies during World War II. The modus operandi used included guerrilla attacks by partisans in occupied territory and/or combined operations involving the landing and removal of specialised light infantry, such as commandos, by means of small boats. Allied Operation Colossus 10 February 1941 Operation Claymore, March 1941 Operation Archery, December 1941 Battle of Timor (from February 1942)

Pesticide - Repellents and Attractants. Insect Attractants [6] Insect Repellents Bird Repellents [7] Mammal Repellents [8] ...

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Pesticide, Pesticide - Pesticides Active Against Higher Level Animal Life Forms, Pesticide - Repellents and Attractants, Pesticide - Pesticides Active Against Plants and Lower Level Life Forms, Pesticide - History, Pesticide - Regulation, Pesticide - Dangers of Pesticides, Pesticide - Managing Pest Resistance, Pesticide - Continuing Development of Pesticides, Pesticide - Pesticide use maps in the US

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Genetic modification of plants is achieved by adding a specific gene or genes to a plant, or by knocking out a gene with RNAi, to produce a desirable phenotype. The resulting plants are often referred to as transgenic plants. Genetic modification can produce a plant with the desired trait or traits faster than classical breeding because the majority of the plant's genome is not altered. To genetically modify a plant, a genetic construct must be designed so that the gene to be added or knocked-out will be expressed by the plant. To do ...

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Plant breeding, Plant breeding - Domestication, Plant breeding - Classical plant breeding, Plant breeding - Before World War II, Plant breeding - After World War II, Plant breeding - Genetic modification, Plant breeding - Issues and concerns, Plant breeding - Notes

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Corn varieties resistant to glufosinate (Liberty) herbicides and Roundup have been produced. There are also corn hybrids with tolerance to imidazoline herbicides marketed by Pioneer Hi-Bred under the trade mark Clearfield, but in these the herbicide tolerance trait was bred without the use of genetic engineering. Consequently the regulatory framework governing the approval, use, trade and consumption of t ...

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Transgenic maize, Transgenic maize - Herbicide resistant corn, Transgenic maize - Bt corn, Transgenic maize - Bt corn and monarch butterflies, Transgenic maize - Cross pollination, Transgenic maize - The StarLink corn controversy

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The Monsanto Company has genetically engineered new cultivars of rapeseed that are resistant to the effects of the herbicide Roundup. They have been vigorously prosecuting farmers found to have the Roundup Ready gene in Canola in their fields without paying a license fee. These farmers have claimed the Roundup Ready gene was blown into their fields and crossed with unaltered Canola. Other farmers claim that after spraying Roundup in non-Canola fields to kill weeds before planting, Roundup Ready volunteers are left behind, causing extra e ...

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Rapeseed, Rapeseed - Cultivation and uses, Rapeseed - Biodiesel, Rapeseed - Rapeseed and health, Rapeseed - Controversy, Rapeseed - Production, Rapeseed - Pests and diseases affecting rapeseed, Rapeseed - Insect pests, Rapeseed - Diseases, Rapeseed - Reference

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