Are you looking for an effective way to control insect pests in your vegetable garden but want to stay away from using ...

Now, CSIRO scientists have discovered how some insect pests are able to survive the insect-resisting effects of Bt cotton. The paper is published on the pre-print server bioRxiv.

Bt itself is widely used as an insecticide, mostly by organic farmers. Because the Bt-producing crops kill some key pests, farmers spray less insecticide to control those pests.

Figuring out how Bt toxins punch holes in the cells of an insect's gut was the key to designing the new toxins, according to a Mexico-U.S. research team.

With Bt crop acreage increasing worldwide, incorporating enhanced understanding of observed patterns of field-evolved resistance into future resistance management strategies can help to minimize ...

The widespread use of Bt crops reduces the outbreaks of certain targeted pests and the need for insecticide use, leading to enhanced biocontrol of other potential pest species in the Bt crops ...

How to Store Bt Mix only as much concentrate as you will need. If not used within a few days, dispose of unused solution by diluting it with water and pouring it out in a sunny spot.

Planting of Bt crops globally each year and cumulative number of insect species with field-evolved resistance and reduced efficacy reported. Planting of Bt crops increased from 1.1 million ...

Reintroducing bacterium one-by-one revealed that Enterobacter species NAB3 reinstated Bt's deadly impact. Further tests with insect blood showed that this Enterobacter thrived in the hemolymph ...

Is Nagaland standing at a critical juncture, facing a proposition that looks to threaten and unravel generations of sustainable farming and indigenous heritage through the potential introduction of ...

Bt-enhanced corn was developed to fight the European corn borer, which as the No. 1 pest of corn causes losses each year exceeding $1 billion in the United States. Bt corn uses a portion of the genes ...

A new study published in the Journal of Economic Entomology suggests that Bt sweet corn is better for the environment because it requires fewer pesticide applications than conventional corn.