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cotton bollworm

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Noun1.cotton bollwormcotton bollworm - larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops
corn earworm, Heliothis zia, tobacco budworm, tomato fruitworm, vetchworm
family Noctuidae, Noctuidae - cutworms; armyworms
bollworm - any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls


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Gore is currently researching resistance management plans for lepidopteran pests on genetically engineered Bt cotton and the timing of cotton bollworm adults emerging from corn, soybean, grain sorghum and conventional cotton.
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Midwesterners call the insects corn earworms, but farmers elsewhere grumble about cotton bollworms and tomato fruitworms.
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