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Rachel Carson
An entomologist-explorer who traveled to South America in search of a predator for the cottony cushion scale that threatened California citrus. He returned in 1888 with the vedalia beetle, a successful example of biotic control – the control of pests through the introduction of a predator of that pest, rather than through chemical means.
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Alfred Koebele Character Timeline in Silent Spring
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Chapter 17: The Other Road
...control involving imported predators or parasites. Beginning with the vedalia beetles brought to California by Alfred Koebele in 1888, there is a long history of successful importations that save millions of dollars...
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