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September 1, 2022

Researchers just made it easier—and cheaper—to confuse crop pests

Plant that helps produce behavior-changing pheromones could boost environmentally friendly pest control

September 1, 2022

Insect pest management with sex pheromone precursors from engineered oilseed plants

Pheromones have become an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional insecticides for pest control. Most current pheromone-based pest control products target lepidopteran pests of high-value crops, as today’s manufacturing processes cannot yet produce pheromones at low enough costs to enable their use for lower-value crops, especially commodity crops. Camelina sativa seeds genetically modified to express (Z)-11-hexadecenoic […]