Examples of cotton bollworm in a Sentence
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Farmers in Jenkins County, like many farmers, face numerous insect infestations, including stink bugs, cotton bollworms, corn earworms, tarnished plant bugs and aphids.
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Atin Adhikari, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
The ban stayed in place until 2019, when the government allowed the importation of GM cotton engineered to be resistant against a pest called the cotton bollworm.
—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 3 Mar. 2023
These varieties contain a bacterial protein called Bt that kills pests such as the cotton bollworm without harming beneficial insects and spiders.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 26 Feb. 2014
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Atin Adhikari, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
The ban stayed in place until 2019, when the government allowed the importation of GM cotton engineered to be resistant against a pest called the cotton bollworm.
—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 3 Mar. 2023
These varieties contain a bacterial protein called Bt that kills pests such as the cotton bollworm without harming beneficial insects and spiders.
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 26 Feb. 2014
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“Cotton bollworm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cotton%20bollworm. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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