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Re: [nafex] Pest resistant apples




jhecksel@voyager.net wrote:

> Ed Fackler wrote:

> I think it would be an interesting

> experiment to try to mimic, and then manipulate, the
> variables that
> these mythical trees grow in.
>
> -Severe N stress (Two things happen:  Alternate bearing so
> no host
> every other year and low protein available for worms,
> etc.)
> -Many hungry animals constantly scouring the ground for
> windfalls
> (which I believe the trees tend to release earlier than
> healthiest
> fruit.
> -Nearest alternate host tree +200 yards (200 meters) away.

Hi,

Don't forget larger populations of predator insects/birds
that eat inscet pests.

Tom


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