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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:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Known as pale swallow-wort in the U.S., the vine grows on other plants and on itself, covering the forest floor in a tall, dense mat that prevents trees from regenerating’<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-converted-space><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>the Canadian Food Inspection Agency approved a petition by Bourchier and others to release Hypena opulenta moths, which live in Ukraine and feed on the leaves of dog-strangling vine as caterpillars. So far, the results have been a mixed bag.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> aliens-l-request@list.auckland.ac.nz [mailto:aliens-l-request@list.auckland.ac.nz] On Behalf Of Pamela Zevit Adamah Consultants<br>Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2017 10:34 PM<br>To: Issg List <aliens-l@list.auckland.ac.nz><br>Subject: [Aliens-L] Meet the latest weapon in the war against invasive vines: Moths<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>“With a formidable root system and puffy seed pods that are easily transported short distances on the wind, dog-strangling vine spreads quickly and is difficult to eradicate. But Sandy Smith of the University of Toronto and Rob Bourchier of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada are working on a project they hope will set the plant back: in 2013, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency approved a petition by Bourchier and others to release Hypena opulenta moths, which live in Ukraine and feed on the leaves of dog-strangling vine as caterpillars. So far, the results have been a mixed bag.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/climate-watch/meet-the-latest-weapon-in-the-war-against-invasive-vines-moths">http://tvo.org/article/current-affairs/climate-watch/meet-the-latest-weapon-in-the-war-against-invasive-vines-moths</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F6228;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Pamela Zevit, RPBio <br>Adamah Consultants </span></b><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F6228;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F6228;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Coquitlam BC Canada<br>604-939-0523 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F6228;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="mailto:adamah@telus.net"><span style='color:#4F6228'>adamah@telus.net</span></a> </span></b><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F6228;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F6228;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Re-connecting People & Nature <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#4F6228;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Science World - Scientists & Innovators in Science Ambassador</span></b><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div id=DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellpadding=0 style='border:none;border-top:solid #D3D4DE 1.0pt'><tr><td width=55 style='width:41.25pt;border:none;padding:9.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=47 height=29 id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=470 style='width:352.5pt;border:none;padding:9.0pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:13.5pt'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#41424E'>Virus-free. <a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" target="_blank"><span style='color:#4453EA'>www.avast.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></div></div></body></html>