![]() | Project title | Can the Purple Loosestrife, a foreign plant be destroyed by introducing its natural enemies without damaging agricultural crops? |
Difficulty Level | Elementary school | |
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Description | ||
Examine ways for the biological control, of a foreign plant, with its natural enemy without harming the native plants of North America. To determine if any stage in the beetle, Galerucella calmariensis and Galerwcella pusilla life cycle will feed only on purple loosestrife, Lathrum salicaria, or if it will feed on agricultural crops in North America. |