| 单词 | Colorado potato beetle |
| 释义 | Colorado potato beetle (once / 537242 pages) n WORD FAMILY Colorado potato beetle: Colorado potato beetles USAGE EXAMPLESThe corn rootworm, the Colorado potato beetle and soybean aphids all thrive best on the crops that give them their names. Washington Post(Mar 02, 2016) The result of putting the insecticidal RNA into chloroplasts, a plant’s photosynthesis hot spot, was full crop protection from the Colorado potato beetle. Scientific American(Mar 02, 2015) In the late 1990s, Monsanto began selling potatoes genetically engineered to resist the Colorado potato beetle. New York Times(Nov 07, 2014) n black-and-yellow beetle that feeds in adult and larval stages on potato leaves; originally of eastern Rocky Mountains; now worldwide Syn|Hyper Colorado beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, potato beetle, potato bug chrysomelid, leaf beetle brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves; larvae infest roots and stems |
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