The findings could also help in the development of pest-resistant crops.

The impact of pest-resistant crops has led to a much higher yield for farmers in today's world.

GM should be able to solve that problem by creating pest-resistant strains, for example.

It turned out that pest-resistant cotton and maize needed less insecticide.

New pest-resistant cotton strains are also being trialled in the same region.

If native shrubs are more pest-resistant, why are they being attacked?

It is considered easy to grow and pest-resistant.

Mahyco says the vegetable is pest-resistant but opponents claim it can cause health problems.

The most promising technique is to introduce pest-resistant genes into crop plants.

Resistance to Pests: Significant focus has also been put in pest-resistant crops.

However, pest-resistant canola based on this new biotechnology is five to 10 years off, he cautioned.

Likely future developments include: Continued development of herbicide-tolerant, virus- and pest-resistant crops.

Growing pest-resistant varieties of fruit and vegetables is a sensible precaution.

Use of the best available pest-resistant crop varieties.

Those benefits include a reduction in the use of pesticides because some GM crops are pest-resistant, he said.

Using the technology to make a crop pest-resistant, for instance, could reduce the need for pesticides, which have harmful side effects.

So they turn to technology, pesticides, synthetic fertiliser, pest-resistant GM seeds – but at a price.

Fertilizer companies like Dow Chemical have inserted pest-resistant genes into some crops.

Plants are also essential for developing the disease- and pest-resistant strains of agricultural crops we need to feed the Earth's human inhabitants.

Failure to develop pest-resistant crop varieties will also harm the environment because of the continuing need for chemical spraying.

There is a case for GM food and its pest-resistant properties, particularly at a time of rising food prices.

The region's wine industry was rescued by grafting native vines on to pest-resistant American rootstock.

We need more disease-resistant and pest-resistant plants and better practices, better harvesting procedures.

In developing countries 10 million farmers, 90 per cent of them small-scale producers, are growing pest-resistant GM cotton.

He likes “GE” foods for the same reason – because they are engineered to be pest-resistant, they do not need pesticides.