"If we don't take care of the technologies, we lose them," Esposito warned about the advance of the headworm.

Following the detection of the Armyworm pest and a "break in resistance" to Víptera or similar events in Corrientes, Entre Ríos, and other sections of northern Argentina, concern is beginning to reach the southern part of the country (Córdoba) and especially the maize-growing area. In this regard, from Valor Agregado Agro we consulted one of the country's specialists in these matters, Engineer Gabriel Espósito, who said: "We are talking about a pest whose common name is late armyworm, because it reaches the Pampas region only in December. It does not have the ability to survive the winter in our area, but if we do not create refuges and plant everything with the same biotechnological events, over time the resistance will break." Espósito recalled that this resistance is not the fault of biotechnology, but rather the poor management by producers: "The problem is not taking care of the technology. It takes a lot of effort, money, and knowledge to develop proteins that maize ...