Title:
First release of genetically engineered moth could herald new era of crop protection
Author:
Tania Fitzgeorge-Balfour
Published:
Frontiers, 29 February 2020
From the article:
"For decades, the agriculture industry has been trying to find biological and environmentally friendly ways to manage the diamondback moth, which is widely resistant to insecticides. To combat this, a newly engineered strain of an insect pest performs well in US field trials conducted by Cornell University."
To read this article:
https://blog.frontiersin.org/2020/01/29/first-release-of-genetically-engineered-moth-could-herald-new-era-of-crop-protection/