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<headline>Armyworm research featured</headline>
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<text>&lt;p&gt;Lancaster Environment Centre's Professor Ken Wilson featured in a two-page feature article in the Spring 2013 issue of BBSRC Business magazine, which connects BBSRC science with industry, policymakers and society.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The article - &lt;a href="http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/news/food-security/2013/130128-f-fighting-armyworms.aspx"&gt;War report: fighting armyworms in Africa&lt;/a&gt;, follows Professor Wilson's recent research visit to Zambia and his BBSRC-funded research into an infamous crop pest, the African armyworm, and its biological control using a biopesticide locally produced in Africa.&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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<image_caption>Armyworm caterpillars devastate important food crops across entire countries</image_caption>
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<day_name>Thursday</day_name>
<day_short_name>Thu</day_short_name>
<day>23</day>
<month_name>May</month_name>
<month_short_name>May</month_short_name>
<month>05</month>
<year>2013</year>
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