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 ...

But crop pests have begun developing resistance to genetically modifed crops, such as Bt corn and Bt cotton. So, now what? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is tasked with overseeing ...

Delineating four categories of field-evolved resistance of pests to Bt crops, through analysis of 77 studies carried out in five continents from 1996 to 2012, should inform future pest management ...

Genetically modified Bt crops get a pretty bad rap. The pest-killing Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) bacteria protein these plants are bioengineered to make has been accused of harming monarch ...

Bt crops brought a two-fold benefit: Cotton and corn farmers didn't need to use so many chemicals to control the bollworm and related pests after they were released, starting in 1996. "Our ...

Crops genetically engineered to produce proteins from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) to control insect pests have been planted on a cumulative total of more than a billion acres ...

However, since insects can evolve resistance to toxins, strategies must be implemented to ensure that Bt crops remain effective. A new study published in the December issue of Journal of Economic ...

Farmers in dozens of countries have embraced crops genetically engineered to produce proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) bacteria that kill some key pests yet are safe for people and wildlife.

The University of Minnesota research is addressing the European corn borer resistance to Bt crops as resistance expands across the United States. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Read Today's Paper Monday, June 30 ...

The first BT crop introduced was a corn variety modified to resist European corn borer, a pest which was causing severe economic harm to Midwest corn producers, in 1996.

The most common GE insecticide is the class of Bt toxins derived from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis, which are commonly used on the various moth species whose larvae plague corn, soybeans ...