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New effort to beat noxious vine

Monday 29 February 2016 | Published in Local

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New effort to beat noxious vine
Plant pathologist Chantal Probst introduced the fi rst batch of rust fungusinfected mile a minute plants into the Ministry of Agriculture shade house at Arorangi in April last year. The plants subsequently died. 15041616

A second attempt is to be made to introduce a bio control agent to curb mile a minute vine, which is swallowing bush and plantations at a rapid rate all over Rarotonga.

A second attempt is to be made to introduce a bio control agent to curb mile a minute vine, which is swallowing bush and plantations at a rapid rate all over Rarotonga.


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