Pink Bollworm in Cotton Boll (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Pink Bollworm in Cotton Boll

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The pink bollworm, a voracious caterpillar pest, quickly evolved resistance to two Bt proteins produced by biotech cotton in India, but continues to be suppressed in Arizona after more than 20 years.

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Alex Yelich/University of Arizona.

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