<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/15c633d0-9a46-4b4e-bc23-0e10f2072aeb/8BA504B3-255B-402C-BA1C-439859C897EA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.projectgreenblog.com/2009/01/scientists-urge-policymakers-to-think-broadly-about-biofuel-crops.html" href="http://www.projectgreenblog.com/2009/01/scientists-urge-policymakers-to-think-broadly-about-biofuel-crops.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.projectgreenblog.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.projectgreenblog.com/2009/01/scientists-urge-policymakers-to-think-broadly-about-biofuel-crops.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.projectgreenblog.com/img/5262D7CA-C76D-4B68-AB43-A6E2A77EB7A6" alt="Corn" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.projectgreenblog.com/2009/01/scientists-urge-policymakers-to-think-broadly-about-biofuel-crops.html">Research suggests that <A target=_blank href="http://www.bioeconomy.msu.edu/">growing more corn</A> to produce ethanol -- which creates less diverse landscapes -- reduces the ability of beneficial insects to control pests, according to scientists at the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station (MAES).</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.projectgreenblog.com/2009/01/scientists-urge-policymakers-to-think-broadly-about-biofuel-crops.html"><P aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0">“Corn is a less favorable habitat for many ladybird beetles [ladybugs] and other beneficial insects that feed on pests such as the soybean aphid,” said Doug Landis, MAES entomology scientist. “As we plant more corn, we reduce the ability of that landscape to supply beneficial predators to control pests in soybeans and other crops. This results in increased pesticide use and yield losses.”</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.projectgreenblog.com/2009/01/scientists-urge-policymakers-to-think-broadly-about-biofuel-crops.html"><P aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0">“Overreliance on any one crop is likely to reduce the value of natural control of pest insects by beneficial insects,” said Scott Swinton, MAES agricultural, food and resource economist.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8BA504B3-255B-402C-BA1C-439859C897EA/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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