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왔습니다. 그러나 해충이 살충제 분무에 저항하기 위해 성장함에 따라 (실제로 야행성
곤충에 영향을 미치는 방식으로 시간을 맞추기가 이미 어려웠습니다) 점점 더 많은
유해 화학 물질을 환경에 살포해야 했습니다. 만약에 Oxitec의 기술이 작동한다면
과도한 살충제 살포를 멈출 수 있습니다. 그러나 유사한 모기 기술이 회사가 주장하는
바를 수행하는지 의심 할 이유가 있습니다.
“우리의 기술은 장기적으로 잠재적인 추가 살충제의 필요성을 줄여줍니다.”라고
Oxitec 농업 프로그램 책임자인 Neil Morrison 박사가 말했습니다. 그녀는“해충의
개체 수를 줄이는 것 외에도 살충제 및 생명 공학 강화 작물에 대한 저항성 발달을
늦출 가능성도 있습니다.”라고 덧붙였습니다.
3. 원 문
BIOTECH FIRM BEHIND CRISPR MOSQUITOES IS WORKING ON OTHER GENE-HACKED CREATURES
OXITEC'S NEXT FOCUS SEEMS TO BE THE FALL ARMYWORM.
Oxitec, the British biotech firm behind the genetically engineered mosquitoes that just took flight in
the Florida Keys this week, is now moving on to its next gene-hacked pest.
The company is partnering with pharmaceutical corporation Bayer on a genetically engineered
version of the fall armyworm, a notorious crop-eating pest that’s ravaged farms in the US, China,
India, Brazil, and multiple African nations in recent years, the news wire Zenger News reports.
Just like Oxitec’s mosquitoes, the idea is to release gene-hacked armyworms into the wild that can’t
produce female offspring, ultimately driving down the pest population without spraying harmful
chemicals.
Brazil’s regulatory agency CTNBio gave Oxitec and Bayer the approval they needed to launch a field
test of the gene-hacked armyworm ? technically a caterpillar ? on commercial crops, so there
may be genetically altered bugs crawling across corn farms in the area soon.
For years, Brazilian farmers have been trying to control fall armyworms with chemical pesticides. But
as the pests grew to resist the sprays ? which were already difficult to time in a way that actually
impacted the nocturnal insect ? they had to spray more and more harmful chemicals in the
environment, according to Zenger‘s reporting. If Oxitec’s technology works ? there’s reason to
doubt that its similar mosquito tech does what the company claims ? then that excessive pesticide
spraying may be able to stop.
“Our technology potentially reduces the need for additional pesticides in the long term,” Oxitec
head of agricultural programs Neil Morrison said, according to Zenger. “Besides reducing
populations of the pest, it also has the potential to slow the resistance development to insecticides
and biotechnology enhanced crops.”
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곤충에 영향을 미치는 방식으로 시간을 맞추기가 이미 어려웠습니다) 점점 더 많은
유해 화학 물질을 환경에 살포해야 했습니다. 만약에 Oxitec의 기술이 작동한다면
과도한 살충제 살포를 멈출 수 있습니다. 그러나 유사한 모기 기술이 회사가 주장하는
바를 수행하는지 의심 할 이유가 있습니다.
“우리의 기술은 장기적으로 잠재적인 추가 살충제의 필요성을 줄여줍니다.”라고
Oxitec 농업 프로그램 책임자인 Neil Morrison 박사가 말했습니다. 그녀는“해충의
개체 수를 줄이는 것 외에도 살충제 및 생명 공학 강화 작물에 대한 저항성 발달을
늦출 가능성도 있습니다.”라고 덧붙였습니다.
3. 원 문
BIOTECH FIRM BEHIND CRISPR MOSQUITOES IS WORKING ON OTHER GENE-HACKED CREATURES
OXITEC'S NEXT FOCUS SEEMS TO BE THE FALL ARMYWORM.
Oxitec, the British biotech firm behind the genetically engineered mosquitoes that just took flight in
the Florida Keys this week, is now moving on to its next gene-hacked pest.
The company is partnering with pharmaceutical corporation Bayer on a genetically engineered
version of the fall armyworm, a notorious crop-eating pest that’s ravaged farms in the US, China,
India, Brazil, and multiple African nations in recent years, the news wire Zenger News reports.
Just like Oxitec’s mosquitoes, the idea is to release gene-hacked armyworms into the wild that can’t
produce female offspring, ultimately driving down the pest population without spraying harmful
chemicals.
Brazil’s regulatory agency CTNBio gave Oxitec and Bayer the approval they needed to launch a field
test of the gene-hacked armyworm ? technically a caterpillar ? on commercial crops, so there
may be genetically altered bugs crawling across corn farms in the area soon.
For years, Brazilian farmers have been trying to control fall armyworms with chemical pesticides. But
as the pests grew to resist the sprays ? which were already difficult to time in a way that actually
impacted the nocturnal insect ? they had to spray more and more harmful chemicals in the
environment, according to Zenger‘s reporting. If Oxitec’s technology works ? there’s reason to
doubt that its similar mosquito tech does what the company claims ? then that excessive pesticide
spraying may be able to stop.
“Our technology potentially reduces the need for additional pesticides in the long term,” Oxitec
head of agricultural programs Neil Morrison said, according to Zenger. “Besides reducing
populations of the pest, it also has the potential to slow the resistance development to insecticides
and biotechnology enhanced crops.”
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