"monarch" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The earlier papers reported that many monarch caterpillars died after ingesting pollen from the genetically modified corn.
- The trial appeared to indicate the pollen of genetically modified Bt corn presented a threat to monarch caterpillars.
- Several factors make monarch caterpillars particularly likely to make contact with corn pollen, Losey says.
- The host plants used by the monarch caterpillar include:
- Biologists first set out to see whether monarch caterpillars would even encounter Bt corn pollen in the wild.
- But this summer researchers discovered that large numbers of monarch caterpillars live on milkweed in cornfields.
- More important, other scientists report finding this summer that the survival of monarch caterpillars in Bt and normal corn fields is indistinguishable.
- These volunteers around the country raised monarch caterpillars on milkweed plants, the insect's food plant, from their area.
- Sandhill milkweed defends itself against feeding monarch caterpillars by secreting sticky latex from its leaves.
- Since most other animals avoid milkweed, the monarch caterpillars usually have the leaves all to themselves.
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