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Neat News 2017-187 (added 2017-07-06)

Gardening against Malaria

© image by Ute Frevert; false color by Margaret Shear

The flowering Prosopis juliflora shrub seems to be a main food supply for the Anopheles mosquito. Weeding out the flowers of the shrub reduces the number of mosquitoes possibly by 60%. This offers an insecticide-free approach that helps combating malaria.

News seen at: BBC - Health

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