Gene technology helps deceive greedy pest insects

Wednesday, August 1, 2012 - 10:01 in Biology & Nature

Worldwide cabbage farmers have vast problems with the diamond-back moth. It lays its eggs on the cabbage plants and the voracious appetite of the larvae ruins the yield. However scientists have developed a method to deceive the greedy insects.

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