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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>There is a world of insecticidal bacteria and mold yet to be discovered. Some regions may have more than others. Spinosad, bT, Bouveria all can reproduce in a good biodigester and are probably the tip of the iceberg<br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: <br>To: digestion@lists.bioenergylists.org<br>Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 11:27:23 -0700<br>Subject: [Digestion] Info request on "Pest Repellent property of dilute slurry"<br><br><style><!--
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--></style><div class="ecxWordSection1"><div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;">Dear Chanakya,</span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">You may find this attachment interesting. In Cambodia they mix bio-slurry with a number of plants (tobacco, chili etc), then let it ferment for a couple of weeks before applying it as botanical herbicide. Farmers report that it works just as good or even better than chemical pesticides.</span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Regarding the reduction of pest. In our latest survey we asked that question (n=165) and 8% said no difference, 12% said no pests anymore and 76% reported experiencing less pests after applying bio-slurry.</span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Next year I plan to study this in a bit more detail. </span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Hope this is of use,</span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Cheers,</span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Eric</span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"> </span></p></div><div><div><div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:white;"><span style="color:black;"><hr size="1" width="100%" align="center"></span></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;"> Hoysall Chanakya <<a href="mailto:chanakya@astra.iisc.ernet.in">chanakya@astra.iisc.ernet.in</a>><br><b>To:</b> For Discussion of Anaerobic Digestion <<a href="mailto:digestion@lists.bioenergylists.org">digestion@lists.bioenergylists.org</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, 6 May 2013, 19:21<br><b>Subject:</b> [Digestion] Info request on "Pest Repellent property of dilute slurry"</span><span style="color:black;"></span></p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="color:black;"><br>Dear List users,<br>I would be grateful if any of you could forward me any information of<br>'personal experience' or 'published information' on "pest repellent"<br>properties of dilute or filtered biogas slurry on agricultural and<br>horticultural crops. This will be used to convince a few policy makers to<br>push the case of Biogas plants.<br>Regards<br>Chanakya<br><br>-- <br>Dr. Hoysall Chanakya<br>Centre for Sustainable Technologies<br>(Assoc. Faculty at Centre for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transport and<br>Urban Planning (CiSTUP) and Centre for Contemporary Studies)<br>Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012<br>ph 91-80-2293 3046; fax-91 80 2360 0683<br><br><br>-- <br>This message has been scanned for viruses and<br>dangerous content by MailScanner, and is<br>believed to be clean.<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Digestion mailing list<br><br>to Send a Message to the list, use the email address<br><a href="mailto:Digestion@bioenergylists.org">Digestion@bioenergylists.org</a><br><br>to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page<br><a href="http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/digestion_lists.bioenergylists.org" target="_blank">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/digestion_lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br><br>for more information about digestion, see<br>Beginner's Guide to Biogas<br><a href="http://www.adelaide.edu.au/biogas/" target="_blank">http://www.adelaide.edu.au/biogas/</a><br>and the Biogas Wiki <a href="http://biogas.wikispaces.com/" target="_blank">http://biogas.wikispaces.com/</a><br><br><br></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________
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