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Overcoming Pest Resistance to Bt Toxins (1 of 2)

Caption: Pink bollworm moth on a cotton boll. Female moths lay eggs on the bolls and the caterpillars bore into the bolls. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Nov. 1, 2007 issue Science Express, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr M. Soberón and colleagues at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in Morelos, Mexico, was titled "Engineering Modified Bt Toxins to Counter Insect Resistance."

Credit: Alex Yelich, University of Arizona

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