Word: leafed
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...cause at least a temporary decline in farm productivity and a hike in food prices. Fortunately, ecologists are developing reasonable replacements; there is nothing wrong with organic fertilizers or the prechemical method of crop rotation. Much is also being learned about the biological control of pests. To kill the leaf hopper Dikrella, which destroys grapes and is now immune to DDT, California ecologists have employed a tiny wasp?and the cost of controlling leaf hoppers has declined by 87% since the wasp buzzed into action...
Died. Harry MacGregor Woods, 73, prolific songwriter of the '20s and '30s, whose many hits included When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain, I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover, When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin' Along, Side by Side and River, Stay Away from My Door; of injuries suffered when he was struck by a car; in Phoenix, Ariz...