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[Andrew Bell <acbell@iastate.edu>]

At 11:38 AM 7/4/2005, you wrote:

> Hello,
>
> My question is...  If you had an orchard upwind of a dirt road, that had a
> component of Kayolin clay, and the orchard got dusted everytime a vehicle
> passed, would you achieve a degree of "passive" insect protection?

I just can't believe that the dust would stick well enough to do any 
good.  In my experience, it takes a pretty good coating to keep the 
critters off.  Even if it did stick, the dust wouldn't settle far enough 
away from the road on a regular basis to do much good to all but the 
nearest trees.

Cheers,


-- Andrew Bell
acbell@iastate.edu