近日，基因组所农业昆虫基因组学创新团队在《通讯生物学（Communications Biology）》上发表题为“Transcriptional regulation and overexpression of GST cluster enhances pesticide resistance in the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera ...

Bollworm is susceptible to an insecticidal toxin made by the bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis, and China approved the commercial growth of cotton plants modified to produce this toxin in 1997.

A survey of pink bollworm in Arizona, where Bt cotton makes up more than half of the cotton grown, shows that genes for Bt resistance have not become more common since 1997.

Pink bollworm is a pest of the cotton crop, particularly in Punjab, causing yield losses. In Punjab, pink bollworm infestations have led to significant economic losses for farmers, even impacting Bt ...

Old World bollworm could pose serious threat to more than cotton and corn. by Steve Byrns, Texas A&M University. A New World corn earworm also known as the cotton bollworm, dines on an ear of ...

The old world bollworm (OWB) is a pest that causes billions in damages to agriculture around the world annually, and it isn't a question of if it will come to the U.S. mainland but when.

Fighting American bollworm. Published April 29, 2002 . 0. Join our Whatsapp channel. COTTON being the leading cash crop substantially contributes to food, textile industry and foreign exchange ...

THE cotton crop is hit by many pests but pink bollworm is its worst enemy which not only causes loss to crop but also affects the lint quality. The economic loss it inflicts is heavier than the ...

Researchers in Australia have discovered a cotton bollworm and corn earworm hybridization that could threaten crops globally and strip billions of dollars a year from the fibre and food industries.

Pink bollworm has been cited in thousands of hectares of cotton crop in Gun-tur and some parts of Anantapur. The state government has also decided to issue notices to the seed companies as per ...

There were extensive crop losses due to the pink bollworm and this year, the cotton area has reduced to between 3.6 million and 3.8 mha compared to 4.2 mha in 2017-18 in Maharashtra, according to ...

ADILABAD: Pink bollworm has resurfaced much earlier this year and has started affecting the cotton plants in this Kharif season in old Adilabad. The pink bollworm damages the cotton balls over a ...