Widespread planting of corn hybrids designed to combat corn rootworm, the crop's most damaging pest in the Corn Belt, is ...

Farmers should be aware that overusing Bt corn can be problematic, according to an analysis of data covering 12 years and 10 ...

Bt (bacillus thuringiensis) corn is a critical technology for many farmers to protect fields against insects. Refuge helps preserve the benefits of Bt technology, according to Take Action ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Nearly half of American farms grow genetically modified crops such as Bt corn or glyphosate-resistant (Roundup-ready) soybeans. Peter Goldsbrough, a plant scientist and expert ...

Thanks to the ongoing work and diligence by Chris DiFonzo, PhD, Michigan State University, corn growers have access to the updated Handy Bt Trait Table. The table – now in its 22nd year ...

One example of public debate over the use of a genetically modified plant involves the case of Bt corn. Bt corn expresses a protein from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis. Prior to construction ...

The GM corn contains genes for a protein from a common soil bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), and is prevalent in more than 30% of the corn grown in the United States. Milkweed plants ...

perennially cause leaf and ear damage to corn in the southeastern USA. Development of transgenic hybrids expressing insecticidal endotoxin from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) offers a new approach to ...