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Sunn hemp trialled in cotton fields to combat reniform nematodes

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For almost a century, farmers in the Dawson Valley have been successfully growing cotton, but that success has allowed a microscopic pest to flourish.

Reniform nematodes are microscopic parasites that live in the roots of plants, sucking out nutrients before laying their eggs.

And they love…



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