Gene-engineered Flies Are Pest Solution
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 09:29
in Biology & Nature
For the first time, male flies of a serious agricultural pest, the medfly, have been bred to generate offspring that die whilst they are still embryos. Researchers describe the creation of the flies that, when released into a wild population, could out-compete the normal male flies and cause a generation of pests to be stillborn -- protecting important crops.