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Article: Zapping insects with radio waves.
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- March 31, 2003
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M2 PRESSWIRE-31 March 2003-US ARS: Zapping insects with radio waves(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Wiggly, wormy insects that would like to hide inside nuts and dried fruits succumb to heat generated by radio waves. Researchers, in fact, have known this for decades. Now, however, Agricultural Research Service scientists and their university colleagues are taking a new look at using radio waves to clobber pesky insects in these crops at packinghouses and processing plants.
ARS research entomologist Judy A. Johnson, based at Parlier, Calif., and collaborators at the University of California at Davis and Washington State ...