A strategy combining genetically engineered cotton with classical pest control tactics eradicated the invasive pink bollworm from cotton-producing areas of the continental US and Mexico, a new study ...

Genetically modified (GM) seed technology has improved agricultural productivity, pest management and climate resilience globally. Bt cotton is a GM variety containing a gene from the soil bacterium ...

A pest insect known as bollworm is the first to evolve resistance in the field to plants modified to produce an insecticide called Bt, according to a new research report. Bt-resistant populations of ...

An environmentally friendly spray that targets and kills one of cotton's (and the world's) most damaging agricultural pests—silverleaf whitefly—has been created by scientists at The University of ...

Xanthomonas citri subsp. Malvacearum (Xcm) causes bacterial blight of cotton. The disease was rampant in the US during the 1970s, and it has recently re-emerged. Xcm controls its infectivity by ...

Using pests as part of an insect birth control program helps to get rid of them, UA researchers find. A new approach that combines the planting of pest-resistant cotton and releasing large numbers of ...

A collaboration between the University of Arizona, cotton growers, and government and industry partners eradicated the pink bollworm -- one of the world's most damaging crop pests -- from the United ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A tiny invasive insect that threatens cotton, okra and other crops could soon make its way into Virginia, according to experts ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Texas aims to stop ‘major threat’ of cotton jassid pest invasion AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller ...

Interbreeding Bt cotton plants with non-Bt plants yields a seed mix that has resulted in 96 percent pest suppression and 69 percent fewer insecticide sprays in the Yangtze River Valley in China. This ...

Researchers report the effects of land use, transgenic cotton, and weather on cotton pests in China. China is one of the world's largest pesticide consumers, with cotton being the most heavily treated ...

Keeping your cotton fields unappetizing for insect pests and inhospitable for weeds requires a season-by-season approach. Before harvest, conduct weed surveys and monitor for Verticillium wilt to ...