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corn borer - use in sentences
Converse of object
- kill: It can take up to six sprays to kill corn borers conventionally.
Adjective modifier
- European: Potential increase in European corn borers led more farmers to Bt corn.
- Asiatic: Among these is a corn variety that is naturally resistant to the dreaded Asiatic corn borer.
Modifies a noun
- insect: Both plants express the same protein which provide resistance against corn borer insects pests of maize.
- pest: Both plants express the same protein which provide resistance against corn borer insects pests of maize.
- density: Only during years when corn borer densities are high do transgenic crops out-perform the non-transgenic.
- damage: This sweet corn is genetically modified to protect itself from corn borer insect damage ( 1 ).
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