Future of crop protection? Breed in compounds insects don’t like

Corn earworms don’t like flavonoids

You’ve seen the commercials. Cartoonish bugs are chowing down, and then a giant, humanized spray can approaches the bugs, casting a shadow. The can sprays the bugs, and they roll over dead. Researchers at Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences are attempting to turn that cartoonish ad into reality in the cornfield.

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