<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Stritch, Larry -FS</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lstritch@fs.fed.us">lstritch@fs.fed.us</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 6:49 AM<br>Subject: Wildflower Strips Reduce Crop Pests<br>To: FS-pdl wo nfs rge bot reg <<a href="mailto:pdl_wo_nfs_rge_bot_reg@ms.fs.fed.us">pdl_wo_nfs_rge_bot_reg@ms.fs.fed.us</a>>, FS-pdl wo nfs rge Pollinators <<a href="mailto:pdl_wo_nfs_rge_Pollinators@ms.fs.fed.us">pdl_wo_nfs_rge_Pollinators@ms.fs.fed.us</a>><br><br><br>





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<p class="MsoNormal">Great article on use of wildflowers to decrease crop pests.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Larry<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Larry Stritch, Ph.D.
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