The pink bollworm pest destroyed cotton crops in the US for a century. A collaborative biotechnology program helped stamp it ...

They feast not just on cotton, but soybeans ... targeting these pests’ sex drives. Female insects can attract partners in complete darkness without any audible signal, and over hundreds ...

Ivory Coast's cotton industry was plunged into a crisis in 2022 as crops were devastated by the jassid as these insects are voracious pests. Today, the industry is still trying to recover and ...

It opens the door to better field monitoring of insect pest resistance using genetic screening to keep track of this form of genetic resistance, so Bt cotton can continue to be used successfully.

In just two weeks, as little as three larvae can destroy all cotton bolls. One major prevention method that proves successful ...