Contact: Jamie M. DePolo, Office of Biobased Technologies, Office: (609) 702-7810, Cell: (609) 354-8403, depolo@msu.edu; Doug Landis, Entomology, landisd@msu.edu, Office: 517-353-1829

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Diverse biofuel plantings such as native prairie attract more beneficial insects than do single crops such as corn, Michigan State University scientists find. Therefore, biofuel policies should take such added [...]

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11/19/09
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CONTACT: Cameron Currie, 608-265-8034, currie@bact.wisc.edu; Garret Suen, 608-890-0237, gsuen@wisc.edu
MADISON – Leaf-cutter ants, which cultivate fungus for food, have many remarkable qualities.
Here’s a new one to add to the list: the ant farmers, like their human counterparts, depend on nitrogen-fixing bacteria to make their gardens [...]