permaculture

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <london@sunsite.unc.edu>]

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Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 12:07:36 AST
From: "Daniel D. Worley" <dan.worley@juno.com>
To: sanet-mg@shasta.ces.ncsu.edu
Cc: blazing@igc.apc.org
Subject: LADYBUG, QUICKLY FLY AWAY HOME!; Added Info

  The following addendum to the subject article was received from Dr.
Gilbert and is being passed on for reference purposes.

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Further to "Ladybug, quickly fly away home!" by Claire Gilbert,
Ph.D.

     I received a flood of inquiries as a result of my article,
"Ladybug, quickly fly away home!"  The following is a basic
reference.  The article in the London Times was was based upon the
research of Birch, et al.

     A.N.E. Birch, I.E. Geoghegan, M.E.N. Majerus, C. Hackette, &
J. Allen, "Interactions between plant resistance genes, pest aphid
populations and beneficial aphid predators," Scottish Crop Research
Institute (SCRI) Annual Report 1996-1997, esp. pp 70-72.

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The potatoes were transgenic, using an anti-insect gene encoding
for the snowdrop lectin (Galanthus nivalis agglutinin - GNA).  

A numer of ecological "fitness indicators" were used to monitor the
ladybirds fed on aphids from control or GNA potatoes.  

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