Pink Bollworm (IMAGE)

U.S. National Science Foundation

Pink Bollworm

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A caterpillar of pink bollworm, a global pest that evolved resistance to a type of genetically modified (GMO) cotton in India, emerges after devouring a boll of cotton. In Arizona, farmers have planted refuges of conventional cotton, along with GMO cotton. This has reduced selection for evolutionary resistance in the pink bollworm.

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Alex Yelich, Department of Entomology, University of Arizona

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