The caterpillar of the cotton bollworm moth (helicoverpa armigera) sits on the thumb of a technician in a laboratory in Melbourne June 18, 2008. The genetic secrets of the world's worst agricultural pest, which is resistant to nearly every class of chemical pesticide, will be unlocked within months, with scientists saying it could lead to new ways of controlling the bollworm moth that causes $5 billion of damage to crops around the world. In a project funded by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the University of Melbourne, researchers are now working to sequence its genome, with results expected in about four months. Reuters Pictures 11 months ago

The caterpillar of the cotton bollworm moth (helicoverpa armigera) sits on the thumb of a technician in a laboratory in Melbourne June 18, 2008. The genetic secrets of the world's worst agricultural pest, which is resistant to nearly every class of chemical pesticide, will be unlocked within months, with scientists saying it could lead to new ways of controlling the bollworm moth that causes $5 billion of damage to crops around the world. In a project funded by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the University of Melbourne, researchers are now working to sequence its genome, with results expected in about four months.

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  1. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd addresses the meeting of the TERI-CSIRO project on solar cooling, an Indo-Australian Collaboration, in New Delhi on November 12, 2009. Rudd is in India for a three-day visit.
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  5. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (R) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) Director-General and Nobel prize winner R.K.Pachauri arrive at the meeting of the TERI-CSIRO project on solar cooling, an Indo-Australian Collaboration, in New Delhi on November 12, 2009. Rudd is in India for a three-day visit.
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