A research team at the Agricultural Research Service's Subtropical Agricultural Research Laboratory is testing the nematode Steinernema riobravis as a method of controlling corn earworms, pink bollworms and fall armyworms. Millions of the nematodes, spread out over a field, can kill about 90% of the pests before they can mature into moths and migrate to other fields.
Ask Enrique Cabanillas what he studies in his Agricultural Research Service lab in Weslaco, Texas, and he'll answer by ...