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Posted Sun Feb 24 2008: from Science Daily (US):
First Documented Case Of Pest Resistance To Biotech Cotton http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1203812818
"Bt-resistant populations of bollworm, Helicoverpa zea, were found in more than a dozen crop fields in Mississippi and Arkansas between 2003 and 2006.... "What we're seeing is evolution in action," said lead researcher Bruce Tabashnik. "This is the first documented case of field-evolved resistance to a Bt crop.""
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