Cotton industry works to ensure bollworm remains susceptible to Bt toxins

By Kate Langford, Csiro and Gregor Heard
Updated November 16 2018 - 5:27pm, first published 12:30pm
Sharon Downes, CSIRO, has been researching bollworm resistance to Bt toxins for 15 years.
Sharon Downes, CSIRO, has been researching bollworm resistance to Bt toxins for 15 years.

IN ORDER to produce profitable cotton crops, Australian producers should grow varieties with absolutely no resistance to bollworm and let the pests roam free and decimate the crop.

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