The insecticide is the product of a bacterial gene inserted into GM maize and other cereal crops to protect them against insects such as the European corn borer beetle.

这种杀虫剂是细菌基因植入到转基因玉米和其它谷类作物的产物，以防治欧洲玉米螟甲虫之类的昆虫。

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Commercial preparations of diatomaceous earth did as well as the organophosphate in all cases bar one (a beetle called the lesser grain borer in sorghum).

ECONOMIST: Pest control