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2. Colorado potato beetle - Wikipedia

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   The Colorado potato beetle ... industry caused by insecticide resistance in Colorado potato beetle was estimated at $0.9 to $1.4 million each year. ... can kill more ...

3. War against the potato beetle - Wikipedia

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   The war against the potato beetle was a campaign launched in Warsaw Pact countries during the Cold War to eradicate the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata). It was also a propaganda operation that alleged it was introduced into East Germany, the People's Republic of Poland and Communist Czechoslovakia by the United States as a ...

4. Paris green - Wikipedia

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   Paris green. Paris green (copper (II) acetate triarsenite or copper (II) acetoarsenite) is an arsenic -based organic pigment. As a green pigment it is also known as Mitis green, Schweinfurt green, Sattler green, emerald, Vienna green, Emperor green or Mountain green. It is a highly toxic emerald-green crystalline powder [4] that has been used ...

5. List of pest-repelling plants - Wikipedia

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   Peppermint. repels aphids, cabbage looper, flea beetles, squash bugs, whiteflies, and the Small White [3] Petunias. repel aphids, tomato hornworm, asparagus beetles, leafhoppers, [2] and squash bugs [3] Pitcher plants. traps and ingests insects. Radish. repels cabbage maggot and cucumber beetles [3] Rosemary.

6. Bacillus thuringiensis - Wikipedia

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   [27] [28] A specific example of B. thuringiensis use against beetles is the fight against Colorado Potato Beetles in potato crops. Thus, B. thuringiensis serves as an important reservoir of Cry toxins for production of biological insecticides and insect-resistant genetically modified crops.

7. Entomological warfare - Wikipedia

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   Regardless, the Germans had developed plans to drop the beetles on English crops. [10] Germany carried out testing of its Colorado potato beetle weaponization program south of Frankfurt, where they released 54,000 of the beetles. [9] In 1944, an infestation of Colorado potato beetles was reported in Germany. [9]