LSU: First Instance of Apple Snails Damaging Rice Crop Reported
April 03, 2020
April 03, 2020
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 3 [TNSbiologyresearch] -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news release:
An invasive species of snails has wiped out a 50-acre field of rice, the first time the pest has been known to do that in Louisiana.
LSU AgCenter entomologist Blake Wilson said damaged rice and apple snails were found throughout the field.
"There was no trace of rice. If you didn't know better, you'd think it was . . .
An invasive species of snails has wiped out a 50-acre field of rice, the first time the pest has been known to do that in Louisiana.
LSU AgCenter entomologist Blake Wilson said damaged rice and apple snails were found throughout the field.
"There was no trace of rice. If you didn't know better, you'd think it was . . .