New insect birth control strategy zaps cotton pests

Combining genetically engineered cotton plants that kill caterpillars with the controlled release of sterile moths from airplanes has produced a new and highly successful approach to dramatically reducing pesticide use and pest damage, scientists show. The first large-scale effort of its kind has virtually rid Arizona of one the world's most damaging cotton pests, the pink bollworm.

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