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 ...

Researchers used genomics to investigate the genetic changes causing resistance to transgenic crops in field populations of the corn earworm, also known as cotton bollworm or Helicoverpa zea. They ...

As summer moves along, the season is running according to plan for many Arkansas crops -- including annual pest issues. Extension specialists and county agents across Arkansas are seeing an increase ...

Eating a blend of non-toxic corn and genetically modified toxic corn can result in corn earworm pests (Helicoverpa zea) developing longer, more narrow and more tapered wings – shaped like the wings of ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

File this one under: 'When fact is stranger than fiction.' It's the stuff of horror films and it happens in plain sight, according to new research out of Pennsylvania State University. Scientists have ...

With the arrival of helicoverpa armigera, Brazil is now on red alert over the nation's third major pest outbreak in 30 years SAO DESIDERIO, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazilian farmers are battling a ...