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Article: Vitamins help trees fight pests.
- Article from:
- Nutrition Health Review
- Article date:
- September 22, 1991
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1991 Vegetus Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Vitamins are not only good for people, they also may keep plants healthier. Trees given the vitamins C or E can resist insect and disease attacks better.
The vitamins stimulate trees to increase their natural defenses against such harmful insects as gypsy moths and bark bettles, says Dale Norris, a College of Agricultural and Life Sciences entomologist. In field and laboratory work, Norris and researchers Fanindra Neupane and John Haanstad found that the vitamins reduce leaf loss caused by insect feeding.
Urban foresters and homeowners could use the vitamin treatment as a preventive measure to induce healthy trees to become even more resistant prior ...
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