If left unchecked, insect pests can devastate crops. To minimize damage and reduce the need for insecticide sprays, crops ...

Researchers used genomics to investigate the genetic changes causing resistance to transgenic crops in field populations of the corn earworm, also known as cotton bollworm or Helicoverpa zea. They ...

crop plants have been genetically engineered to produce proteins from the common bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis, or Bt. Unlike broad-spectrum insecticides, Bt proteins are active against ...

crop plants have been genetically engineered to produce proteins from the common bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis, or Bt. Unlike broad-spectrum insecticides, Bt proteins are active against relatively ...

Bt cotton is a genetically engineered crop, infused with the gene from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), a bacterium that enables the cotton plant to produce a toxic protein. This protein targets ...

Insect pests can destroy crops if they are not controlled. Crops that produce bacterial proteins that kill important pests ...

Bt stands for Bacillus thuringiensis which is a bacteria derivative that kills the looper caterpillars if they consume foliage on which it is sprayed. There are lots of Bt products including Dipel ...

In this case, the control organism is a bacteria known as BT (Bacillus thuringiensis). According to the label, Thuricide BT “has no effect on birds, earthworms, or beneficial insects such as ...