Big pest, small genome: Blueprint of spider mite may yield better pesticides

Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 13:00 in Biology & Nature

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international research team decoded the genetic blueprint of the two-spotted spider mite, raising hope for new ways to attack the major pest, which resists pesticides and destroys crops and ornamental plants worldwide.

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