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

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a key eco-friendly biocontrol agent, targeting specific pests in agriculture, reducing ...

She advised against going back to insecticides, such as organophosphates and pyrethroids, for rootworm control. "The Bt technology is and was a net benefit that helps safeguard beneficial ...

According to entomologists, Bt insect resistance management plans should include "refuges," or fields of non-Bt plants where populations of insects will not encounter the toxin and will therefore ...

For more than 20 years, farmers across the globe have been planting crops, including corn, cotton, and soybeans, that have been genetically modified to express insecticide genes from the bacterium ...

Shatters, Jr. A collection of Bacillus thuringiensis isolates plausibly active against ... and the resulting product was incorporated in insect diet for testing against Diaprepes ab-breviatus neonates ...

At this size, larvae are expected to feed for another week and might cause more injury and warrant a rescue insecticide treatment. If you planted corn with Bt traits, don’t assume they will ...

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

She advised against going back to insecticides, such as organophosphates and pyrethroids, for rootworm control. “The Bt technology is and was a net benefit that helps safeguard beneficial ...