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n. - Any of various moth caterpillars that destroy the pod or capsule of a cotton plant

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  • The gene confers upon the corn the ability to repel pests like the bollworm, a pesky bug that has the nasty habit of devastating cornfields.
  • In India, an indigenous seed company, Navbharat Seeds Pvt.Ltd. of Gujarat brought a bollworm-resistant seed, Navbharat-151, to market in 1999.
  • From 2005 to 2009, the pink bollworm infestation rate dropped by 99.9
  • Tabashnik was the first to discover and document a case of a moth - not pink bollworm
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