Can Zequanox be the Answer to Lake Minnetonka's Zebra Mussel Infestation?
Latest open water test of Zequanox yielded a 97.1 mortality rate. Could Lake Minnetonka be the next test site?
Marrone Bio Innovations, a leading provider of natural pest management products for water and agriculture applications, said this week that Zequanox was highly effective at controlling invasive zebra mussels in Deep Quarry Lake located in DuPage County, Illinois. Zequanox, the industry’s only environmentally compatible molluscicide, was applied within barrier systems in three locations throughout the lake. Results showed that treated sites experienced an average mussel mortality of 97.1 percent compared with 11.2 percent mortality in the untreated sites. Environmental Protection Agency approval for using Zequanox in natural water systems is currently in process. In the study, funded in part through a grant from the Illinois Department of …
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Ron Russell
9:29 pm on Monday, April 29, 2013
How much Zequanox is required to treat a 325 acre freshwater lake which is an average of 30 feet deep? How would this treatmnet be administered? What the manpower and dollar costs associated with such a treatment? Please advise. Thank you more ›