USDA approves release of transgenic pink bollworm moths on up to 120 acres of cotton in Arizona.

Thursday, April 26th 2007

The US Department of Agriculture Biotechnology Regulatory Service has granted a permit for the release of sterile, genetically marked pink bollworm in up to 120 acres of commercial cotton in Arizona in the summer of 2007.  USDA researchers associated with the existing sterile insect control programme will evaluate the performance of a strain modified with [...]