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Plants bred to yield better often lose their natural defenses to battle insects, and the question arises would farmers be willing to turn to plant varieties that may yield less but can better defend themselves against insects, lessening the need for insecticides.
In a July 22 virtual forum sponsored by the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Jeremy Kroemer, agrochemical discovery lead for Bayer Crop Science; and Joseph Stout, BASF group leader, biology, global insecticide research advanced biology and agronomy, said this will be a tough sell because yield is still the name of the game.