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Scientists grow insect sex pheromones in transgenic camelina plant for sustainable pest control – News-Medical.net
The camelina plant, a source of cooking oil for centuries, is on its way toward revolutionizing pest control in agriculture.
The camelina plant, a source of cooking oil for centuries, is on its way toward revolutionizing pest control in agriculture.
Scientists at ISCA, Inc., a green agtech company based in Riverside, Calif., and their collaborators in Sweden have successfully “grown” insect sex pheromone precursors in genetically modified strains of camelina plants, creating a low-cost source of pheromones needed for sustainable pest control.
The Swedish research team from the Lund University, Swedish Agricultural University,…
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