The Hunt for a Pest

U.S. Ramps Up Bollworm Detection Efforts

Emily Unglesbee
By  Emily Unglesbee , DTN Staff Reporter
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USDA is ramping up funding to better detect and control the Old World bollworm, after the pest's recent spread to Puerto Rico has made a mainland invasion likely. (Photo courtesy Gyorgy Csoka/Hungary Forest Research Institute -- Creative Commons).
USDA is ramping up funding to better detect and control the Old World bollworm, after the pest's recent spread to Puerto Rico has made a mainland invasion likely. (Photo courtesy Gyorgy Csoka/Hungary Forest Research Institute -- Creative Commons).
With the Old World bollworm established in Puerto Rico, USDA is ramping up funding and research to survey and detect the pest on the U.S. mainland, while Monsanto is seeking to increase U.S. acres devoted to its new Bt soybean product.

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