Good News: This Might Repel The Latest Chinese Invaders

Molecular diagram of a chemical extracted from fungal endophyte associated with the common Foxtail weed. It repels Chinese Stink Bugs. Image credit: ACS Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry If you’re living in one of the US states which has experienced the latest Chinese invaders – brown marmorated stink bugs (aka the Chinese stink bug) – importance of the discovery by Japanese scientists of a common weed extract which repels them requires no further explanation. See the publication 3-(4-Methylfuran-3-yl)propan-1-ol: A… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Good News: This Might Repel The Latest Chinese Invaders

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