31.   Valley gardeners deal with a wide range of insect pests, experts tell us.

32.   Without birds, our gardens and landscape plants would be overrun with insect pests.

33.   Another fear is that the disease-resistant properties of the corn can be picked up by weeds and insect pests, giving them protection from poisons.

34.   Biotech cotton is either resistant to insect pests or herbicides, or both.

35.   It contains a bacterium gene that makes the corn toxic to an insect pest, and is one of the least-used varieties of biotech corn.

36.   It is one of several varieties of corn that was genetically modified to make it toxic to an insect pest.

37.   Knipling was honored for having developed the use of sterile insects to fight insect pests.

38.   Salema said Malaysia was chosen because of its commitment to nuclear-related techniques to control insect pests and its environment-friendly atmosphere.

39.   Seed companies will be required to expand field monitoring so they can tell whether insect pests are developing resistance to the biotech crop.

40.   StarLink is one of several types of corn that have been genetically engineered to kill an insect pest, but it is the only one not allowed in food.