Reversing pest resistance to biotech cotton: The secret is in the mix
Monday, May 8, 2017 - 14:01
in Biology & Nature
Insect pests that are rapidly adapting to genetically engineered crops threaten agriculture worldwide. A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals the success of a surprising strategy for countering this problem: Hybridizing genetically engineered cotton with conventional cotton reduced resistance in the pink bollworm, a voracious global pest.