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Recent Examples on the Web The researchers inserted a gene for a human immune protein, interferon, into the virus and then used it to infect cells from the caterpillar form of a pest called the fall armyworm moth. — Meredith Wadman, Science | AAAS, "Will a small, long-shot U.S. company end up producing the best coronavirus vaccine?," 3 Nov. 2020 Corn and Beans The beans attract beneficial insects that prey on corn pests such as leafhoppers, fall armyworms, and leaf beetles. — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, "26 Plants You Should Always Grow Side-By-Side," 24 Apr. 2020 Hot on its heels is the fall armyworm, a crop pest that could spread across the whole of the country’s 130 million hectare crop belt within a year, eating up supplies of corn and sugar cane. — Washington Post, "Diseases Are Killing Our Food, But Don’t Panic," 11 June 2019 The other is the fall armyworm, which is even more omnivorous and a rapidly growing problem in Africa. — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, "Genetically engineered moths can knock down crop pests, but will they take off?," 30 Jan. 2020 Farmers are now being assailed by fall armyworm, a hungry caterpillar. — The Economist, "Better seeds could help African farmers grow far more," 28 Sep. 2019 Created by multinational companies, these are genetically modified to resist fall armyworm. — The Economist, "Better seeds could help African farmers grow far more," 28 Sep. 2019 The study found that a particular form of CIS that acts outside of bacterial cells can kill two widely divergent kinds of animal cells, from mice and the fall armyworm. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Biotech notebook: Cancer discovery, bacterial syringes and organoids," 13 July 2019 Experts are also watching the spread of a pest called the fall armyworm, a sort of caterpillar that likes to eat rice, sorghum and corn crops. — New York Times, "A Slower Economy. A Trade War. Now, China Faces Rising Food Prices.," 4 June 2019

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