We turned off moths’ sex signals—this could be the key to greener pest control

A single “sexy” gene could help us combat one of the world’s most destructive fruit pests. By deleting the gene that lets female moths produce their mating scent, colleagues and I created an “unsexy” moth—and showed one way to turn insect attraction into a powerful pest control tool.

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