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See No Weevil: Researcher Tracks Rice Bugs To Help Farmers, Consumers

Published on Wednesday, 26 August 2009 20:00 from ScienceDaily

When something's bugging rice farmers, a large segment of the world's population will know. That's because a big bite of the supply is taken by hungry insects every year. One of the worst is the rice water weevil. Its gray snout has chomped through the world making a sizable dent in rice supplies. A Texas researcher is splashing through rice paddies with his net to discover news ways of controlling the rice-craving insect.

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