11. Their only major pests are slugs and black-vine weevils, which eat little holes in the leaves. 12. They say the decline is largely because of the reduced threat of the European corn borer, a major pest of corn in the Midwest. 13. Bt corn has been touted by the industry as a way to fight a major pest without using chemicals. 14. He said endosulfan was used to control Heliothis caterpillars, a major pest on cotton farms, and the timing was consistent with the spraying period. 15. StarLink corn was genetically engineered to produce a corn plant that is better resistant to a major pest, the European corn borer. 16. The corn, known as Bt, contains a bacterium gene that makes the plant toxic to moth larvae that are a major pest to farmers. 17. The corn and cotton contain a bacterium gene that is inserted into the plant to produce a toxin that kills a major pest, the European corn borer. 18. The most popular and most controversial type of biotech corn is genetically modified to kill a major pest, the European corn borer. 19. The strain is called Bt corn and has been touted by the industry as a way to fight a major pest without using chemicals. 20. Within a year, all the major pests were under control, using natural predators like wasps and flies and very limited pesticide spraying. |
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