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Activities | Integrated pest management – the good, the bad and the genetically modified

  • Global Education (AusAID, Australia)

  • Biotechnology Online (Biotechnology Australia)
    • A problem with insects – students assess the extent of insect damage to Australian cotton crops, the most common ways of controlling insects in Australian cotton crops and the comparative costs of these methods.
    • Butterflies and Bt – students evaluate the possibility of Monarch butterflies being killed by pollen from genetically engineered plants.

  • Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (Australia)

  • Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water (Australia)
    • Controlling pests – students learn the ways in which agricultural pests are controlled.

  • Newton's Apple (USA)

  • Access Excellence (USA)

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