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bollworm::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | caterpillar |
| Has types | corn earworm, cotton bollworm, gelechia gossypiella, heliothis zia, pink bollworm, tobacco budworm, tomato fruitworm, vetchworm |
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The bollworm is one of a swarm of genetically engineered insects on the horizon.
From the businessweek.com
The cotton is engineered to resist the pink bollworm, a pest that can ruin crops.
From the stltoday.com
A pink bollworm caterpillar emerges after devouring seeds inside a cotton boll.
From the sciencedaily.com
From 2005 to 2009, the pink bollworm infestation rate dropped by 99.9 percent.
From the sciencedaily.com
The bollworm is a major cotton pest in the southeastern U.S. and Texas, but not in Arizona.
From the sciencedaily.com
Bollworm, Helicoverpa zea, moths have a wingspan of 1. 5 to 2 inches.
From the sciencedaily.com
Harvested cotton fields continued to be shredded and disked to meet pink bollworm requirements.
From the bloomberg.com
The damage potential of important lepidopteran species, such as bollworm, is not new, Greene said.
From the sciencedaily.com
The bollworm has devastated cotton crops in states such as the Punjab for the past four years.
From the newscientist.com
- Any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls
- The larval or caterpillar stage of the corn earworm moth. Typically North Carolina's most significant cotton pest, primarily infesting fruit (squares, blooms and bolls). ...
