科学家试验小组已经发现控制世界各地粘虫和其他作物虫害的一种新策略。作物虫害例如非洲的粘虫是全球食品安全的一个主要的威胁,特别在非洲地区,在那儿化学杀虫剂对大多数贫困的农民来说,花费太昂贵了。非洲的粘虫是一种贪吃的毛虫(一般鳞翅目幼虫)虫害,以谷类作物为食料,主要的农作物包括玉米、 A team of scientists has discovered a new strategy for controlling pests of armyworms and other crops around the world. Crop pests such as armyworms in Africa are a major threat to global food safety, particularly in Africa, where chemical pesticides are too expensive for most poor farmers. African armyworms are greedy caterpillars (usually lepidopteran larvae) pests that feed on cereals. The main crops include maize,