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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>Dear List,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>Reminds me of a low cost experiment I did some years ago on a potential organic fly repellent. Left a bucket of fermenting fruit in the lab until a lot of fruit flies were present. Stuck a stick with sides 1” X 1” square in the center of the bucket and the flies would land on it. Painted two sides with the repellent, waited and then counted flies. Shook the stick then waited for them to land again and counted. Compared painted sides to non-painted sides. For my experiment there was no difference. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>Frank<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>Thanks <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>Frank Shields<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>BioChar Division<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>Control Laboratories, Inc. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>42 Hangar Way<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>Watsonville, CE 95076<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>(831) 724-5422 tel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>(81) 724-3188 fax<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'><a href="mailto:frank@biocharlab.com"><span style='color:blue'>frank@biocharlab.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'>www.controllabs.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Digestion [mailto:digestion-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Eric Buysman<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 15, 2013 7:09 PM<br><b>To:</b> For Discussion of Anaerobic Digestion<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Digestion] Info request on "Pest Repellent property of dilute slurry"<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear Chanakya,</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#454545'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#454545'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>You may find this attachment interesting. In Cambodia some farmers prepare their own pesticide by mixing 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><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>However, most farmers just use bio-slurry directly without this treatment. Even so, farmers report it reduces pests. In our latest monitoring survey among 165 randomly selected households we asked what the impact of applying bio-slurry was on the number of pests, 8% said no difference, 12% said no pests anymore and 76% reported experiencing less pests after applying bio-slurry. This clearly shows that bio-slurry is much more than a fertilizer.</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#454545'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Hope this is of use,</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#454545'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#454545'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Cheers,</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#454545'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#454545'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Eric</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#454545'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div id=yiv4753748985><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><span style='color:black'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></span></div><div><p class=MsoNormal 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" target="_blank">chanakya@astra.iisc.ernet.in</a>><br><b>To:</b> For Discussion of Anaerobic Digestion <<a href="mailto:digestion@lists.bioenergylists.org" target="_blank">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'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;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" target="_blank">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><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><span style='color:black'><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><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>