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Scientists in Australia reduce wheat seed loss to mice by 63% using diluted wheat germ oil spray

Scientists in Australia reduce wheat seed loss to mice by 63% using diluted wheat germ oil spray

Australian scientists tested a non-toxic way to protect wheat seeds from mice by spraying diluted wheat germ oil across farm plots. The treatment camouflaged the smell mice use to locate seeds underground. In a 2021 field experiment in New South Wales, seed loss fell by 63 per ce

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