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  • September 2006 Issue
  • Story by Geraldine Warner
  • Scientist plots codling moth’s demise

    Steve Garczynski has novel ideas for tackling the pest.

    [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] Dr. Steve Garczynski loves to dream, and recently landed his dream job. He’s joined the research team at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Yakima laboratory at Wapato, Washington, with the mission of finding novel methods for codling moth control using genetics and molecular biology. When asked to propose specific projects he’d like to tackle in the eternal effort to outwit the codling moth, Garczynski responded with a whole list of ideas. “Science to me is addictive,” […]

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