Unlocking genome of world’s worst insect pest

International team of researchers is on the brink of a discovery which will facilitate the development of more sustainable ways of controlling the world’s worst agricultural insect pest Helicoptera armigera. #img_990#.> *The moth Helicoptera armigera causes to crops globally $5 billion of damage a year and is resistant to nearly every class of chemical and Bt insecticides.* Scientists from University of Melbourne in Australia, CSIRO and the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston expect to sequence the **moth’s genome** in about four months. Their research will help to develop new, safe and more effective ways of controlling this pest. Source: "http://www.csiro.au":[ http://www.csiro.au/news/MothGenome.html]

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