bookworm
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But existing experimental permits already enable researchers to grow more than enough engineered Camelina to meet the current worldwide demand for pheromone control of diamondback moths and cotton bollworms, says Agenor Mafra-Neto, CEO of ISCA.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 1, 2022
The country’s major pest problems began in the 1990s - first whiteflies, then bollworms which feed on flower buds, withering them and damaging fruits.
From Reuters • Dec. 8, 2017
The country’s major pest problems began in the 1990s - first whiteflies, then bollworms which feed on flower buds, withering them and damaging fruits.
From Reuters • Dec. 8, 2017
Their larvae are better known as corn earworms if they’ve been feeding on corn, cotton bollworms if they’ve been feeding on cotton, or tomato fruitworms if they’ve been feeding on tomatoes.
From Scientific American • Jun. 12, 2012
But the more cotton was sprayed, the more bollworms appeared.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
