
Keywords: Spodoptera frugiperda
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Fall armyworms with offspring-killing gene tested on farms in BrazilM. Le Page, New Scientist, 2022.![]() Fall armyworms genetically modified to wipe out wild populations of the pests have been released in corn fields in São Paulo State in Brazil in the first farm trial of the new technology. The test was a success and is now being expanded, says Oxitec, the UK-based company that ... Keywords: autocidal, Brazil, fall army worm, genetic biocontrol, Oxitec, SIT, Spodoptera frugiperda, sterile insect technique |

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