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Sterile moths wipe out cotton pest

Arizona farms are all but 'pinkie'-free for the first time in nearly a century.

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  1. Tabashnik, B. E. et al. Nature Biotechnol. doi:10.1038/nbt.1704 (2010).

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Ledford, H. Sterile moths wipe out cotton pest. Nature (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2010.585

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