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GM Crops Protect Neighbors From Pests (2 of 4)

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GM Crops Protect Neighbors From Pests (2 of 4)

image: In early summer, cotton bollworn prefers to lay eggs on flowering cotton plants, which acts as the source of the insect for corn, peanut and soybean fields in the subsequent generations. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Sep. 19, 2008, issue of Science , published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Kong-Ming Wu and colleagues at Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Beijing, China was titled "Suppression of Cotton Bollworm in Multiple Crops in China in Areas with Bt Toxin-Containing Cotton." view more 

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