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• n  insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant

• So too, probably, will seed for another new strain, Rescue wheat, on which the destructive wheatstem sawfly (annual damage: $20,000,000) blunts its proboscis in vain.

News & Articles

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• MSU receives $500,000 to look for genes for resistance to wheat steam sawflies
  Scientists discovered some 70 years ago that they could fight wheat stem sawfly by growing a new type of wheat. The wheat had a solid stem instead of a hollow one, making it harder for females to lay
  Oct. 20, 2013 - Sidney Herald
• MSU receives $500,000 to look for new genes for resistance to wheat stem sawflies
  BOZEMAN - Scientists discovered some 70 years ago that they could fight wheat stem sawfly by growing a new type of wheat. The wheat had a solid stem instead of a hollow one, making it harder for females to lay eggs and leaving less room for larvae to grow.
  Oct. 15, 2013 - KXLF Butte