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Sixth-Grader's Science Project Shocks Researchers
posted Monday, 12 January 2009
Davis sixth-grader's science experiment breaks new ground
Published: Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009 | Page 3B
University of California, Davis, scientists are redirecting their research after a professor's son discovered that a major agricultural pest prefers pistachios over other nuts.
The sixth-grader's experiment showed that female navel orangeworms preferred to lay their eggs in pistachios rather than almonds or walnuts, and researchers now are trying to use the information to better control the pests, according to the California Farm Bureau.
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