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TEL: 035 7990500 FAX: 035 7725596
Vol.
1 August 3, 2012
No 8
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CO
ON
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SE
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RV
VA
AT
TI
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ON
N G
GA
AM
ME
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FA
AR
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MI
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Farm
poaching
increasing
Game
industry
booming
Dairy
exports
double
Pg 3 Pg 7
Bio warfare on gall wasp
Larry Bentley
THE Eucalyptus Gall Wasp,
Leptocybe invasa which was
found in Zululand in September
last year, is under attack as
foresters strike back, thanks to
the approval of the bio-control
agent, Selitrichodes neseri, a parasitic wasp of Leptocybe.
The first Selitrichodes were
released at four sites in Zululand
and it is hoped that more releases
will be possible as their populations increase.
Releases were done on Mondi’s
Shaya Estate, Erlandson Estate,
Sappi’s Teza Estate and Zenith
Estate at eNseleni.
As the original populations
could not be maintained at high
enough levels for a mass release,
because of the delay while the
Forestry and Agricultural
Biotechnology Institute (FABI)
awaited permission to release t
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