1 of 8 ways Monsanto fails @ sustainable ag: Rejects world hunger solutions not involving its products #MonsantoFail

Falling Short on Feeding the World: Eight Ways Monsanto Fails at Sustainable Agriculture

ucsusa.org 07 Feb '12, 4pm

1 of 8 ways Monsanto fails @ sustainable ag: Rejects world hunger solutions not involving its products #MonsantoFail

A corn plant shows stem borer damage. (Photo: CIMMYT/Flickr) Push-Pull: An Ingenious (and GE-free) Solution to a Devastating Pest Problem Stem borers are a major insect pest across much of Africa. These moth larvae can substantially reduce corn yields. In the 1990s, scientists in Kenya and Britain began looking at the stem borer problem. Their research led to the "push-pull" system , an integrated pest management (IPM) approach in which corn is planted alongside two other crops that work together to prevent stem borer damage. In the "pull" component of the system, Napier grass, a wild perennial often used as livestock fodder, acts as a "trap crop," attracting the stem borer moths to lay their eggs—but then exuding a sticky gum that traps the larvae. The "push" component is provided by silverleaf desmodium, a plant that repels borer moths while attracting their natural enem...

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