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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

The terms “Bt corn” and “Bt cotton” refer to corn and cotton that have been genetically modified to produce a Bacillus thuringiensis protein that kills certain insect pests.

The world's most widely used organic insecticide, a plucky bacterium known as Bacillus thuringiensis or Bt for short, requires the assistance of other microbes to perform its insect-slaying work ...

Of the many insect species that visit a vegetable garden, a small fraction are pests. Slugs, aphids, cabbage loopers, and ...

Most insecticides will also kill the helpers, so follow directions and use in moderation. As warming temperatures arrive, ...

1. The major problem appears to be collusion between the seed companies and the Regulatory and research establishment in ...

MANKATO, Minn. -- If a farmer cuts costs on corn foliar fungicides and Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) insecticide treatments, will it cost them later in rootworm and corn borer damage?

The more things change, the more they stay the same, as a Dec. 29 Associated Press report on genetically engineered corn notes. Like déjà vu, this news story on emerging resistance to Bt toxin ...

L O N D O N,   Dec. 2 -- U.S. scientists said today they had uncovered what could be either a potential hazard or benefit of genetically modified (GM) corn. Dr Guenther Stotzky and ...