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These bugs can be defeated by aerial spray of species-specific viral infection. But that weapon has to be designed first. In 70-ies, the USSR by such means succ
by ommunist 10y ago
These bugs can be defeated by aerial spray of species-specific viral infection. But that weapon has to be designed first. In 70-ies, the USSR by such means successfully combated Lymantria dispar invasion in Siberia, which devastated pine forests on unimaginable scale. Though it took about 7 years and if memory serves, 3 research institutions to make insights into immune system of this species and make effective species-specific virus. The strain is still available.
- kodfodrasz 10y agoDo you have any literature on this story?
- ommunist 10y agoSince this was long before the Internet, I doubt it is available on www. However quick search gives this, you can feed it to Google Translate. http://www.libussr.ru/doc_ussr/usr_9772.htm http://www.libussr.ru/doc_ussr/usr_9772.htm. Name of strain is "вирин-ЭНШ" This is final document with instruction of strain usage http://www.libussr.ru/doc_ussr/usr_10557.htm http://www.libussr.ru/doc_ussr/usr_10557.htm