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Stink bugs leave DNA footprints on produce

Genetic detection is much more sensitive than conventional traps.
Close up of a brown marmorated stink bug on a leaf

The brown marmorated stink bug, a common pest both on farms and inside homes, can be detected through trace amounts of its DNA left on plants. Credit: George Grall/National Geographic/Getty

Stink bugs leave a DNA trail that can help scientists to detect the pest’s forays into crop fields.

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Nature 557, 471 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05184-z

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