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Article: Cape tulips - pretty but pests in pastures; CSIRO and the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA) are collaborating to try to outwit one of southern Australia's worst agricultural weeds.
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- August 13, 2009
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M2 PRESSWIRE-13 August 2009-CSIRO: Cape tulips - pretty but pests in pastures; CSIRO and the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA) are collaborating to try to outwit one of southern Australia's worst agricultural weeds(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS
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'We are initiating a one-year study to see if it would be feasible to control one and two-leaf Cape tulips (Moraea flaccida and M. miniata) using the rust fungus Puccinia moraeae as a biological control agent,' CSIRO Entomology's Dr John Scott said.
'Dr Louise Morin, our experienced plant pathologist, will be testing various rust isolates to see how pathogenic ...