Rootworms show increasing resistance to genetically engineered corn (IMAGE)

Purdue University

Rootworms show increasing resistance to genetically engineered corn

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Corn that has been genetically engineered to resist corn rootworms like this one has become increasingly less effective. Purdue University entomologist Christian Krupke and his colleagues at 12 universities publish a multi-state analysis of the problem in the journal Science.

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John Obermeyer/Purdue University Extension Entomology

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