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bollworm

NOUN
  1. any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls

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  • We have an emergence of resistance in the bollworm in India, she said. Kenya Now Able to Produce, Import GM Foods
  • Today, it's not the boll weevil but the pink bollworm that threatens southwestern Pima, nesting inside the bolls, where it is hard to get.
  • They are known to eat cabbage moths, bollworms, tomato hornworms and broccoli worms.
  • Cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera Hubner) is one of the three major pests in the cotton. Its occurrence and disaster restrict production and scale of Shaanxi cotton district seriously.
  • Generally, the ovaries of the flowers and the rinds of the cotton bolls, which are favoured by the bollworm, contained the least amount of toxin, while leaves contained the highest levels.
  • Shiva sees the latest news about Bt cotton's inability to combat the bollworm as a ploy by Monsanto to win support for its next generation of Bt cotton "It's like the pesticide treadmill … when you have resistance to [one type of GM seed] you use a more lethal pesticide," she says. The Pros and Cons of Genetically Modified Seeds
  • Agriculture professionals applaud the bats, which feed on migratory corn earworm moths (also known as cotton bollworms), America's number-one agricultural pest.
  • Last October, scientists field-tested a cotton pest called the pink bollworm moth, carrying a test gene for a glowing jellyfish protein.
  • They are known to eat cabbage moths, bollworms, tomato hornworms and broccoli worms.
  • The pink bollworm is a major cotton pest which invades the growing cotton bolls and destroys both the seeds and the cotton fibers.
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