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ARS entomologist Cindy McKenzie inspects poinsettias for damage during tests of ornamental peppers as banker plants that host beneficial predatory mites. One of the ornamental pepper plants is nestled about 2 feet in front of her among the poinsettias.
Photo by Lance Osborne.
