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. From Wordnik.com. [The Fear Of Food] Reference
In India, an indigenous seed company, Navbharat Seeds Pvt.Ltd. of Gujarat brought a bollworm-resistant seed, Navbharat-151, to market in 1999. From Wordnik.com. [The Next Battleground: The World's Food Supply] Reference
From 2005 to 2009, the pink bollworm infestation rate dropped by 99.9. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
Tabashnik was the first to discover and document a case of a moth - not pink bollworm. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
Since the eradication program began, pink bollworm populations have fallen dramatically. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
Kenya have reported cases of armyworm and bollworm infestation, raising concerns over damage to. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Tufton urges investmentsin agriculture] Reference
WideStrike wards off more than a dozen lepidopterous pests, including armyworm and pink bollworm. From Wordnik.com. [Western Farm Press RSS Feed] Reference
The cross reactivity led to higher rates of resistance evolution in pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella, in a laboratory setting. From Wordnik.com. [Organic Consumers Association News Headlines] Reference
Oxitec, the same British biotech company involved with the GE bollworm, has created mosquitoes that are programmed for sudden, early death. From Wordnik.com. [TreeHugger] Reference
Intercropping and weeding: effects on some natural enemies of African bollworm, heliothis armigera (hbn.) (lep. From Wordnik.com. [1. Designing integrated pest management for sustainable and productive futures.] Reference
Leonard says that in general, the registration of Bollgard "decreased insecticide applications for bollworm by about 50 percent. From Wordnik.com. [Delta Farm Press RSS Feed] Reference
And so it was with bollworm in China. From Wordnik.com. [New Scientist - Online News] Reference
A non-mutant pink bollworm is shown here. From Wordnik.com. [TreeHugger] Reference
Pink bollworm. From Wordnik.com. [5 Effects on Insects] Reference
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