If you’re looking for an organic solution, you can turn to products that use bacteria called Bacillus thuringiensis galleriae. The bacteria, known as Bt, is nontoxic to humans and other mammals ...

Top the soil with a barrier. Cover the soil with a thin layer of sand, diatomaceous earth, or fine gravel. This barrier makes ...

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 ...

Dengue and mosquito-borne diseases in Bangladesh, much like floods or cyclones,  are an issue that is not going anywhere.

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 ...

A new tool in the never-ending battle with pests To gain protection from the corn earworm and some other major caterpillar and beetle pests, crop plants have been genetically engineered to produce ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bacillus thuringiensis is a gram-positive, soil-dwelling bacterium, the most commonly used biological pesticide worldwide. B. thuringiensis also occurs naturally in the gut of caterpillars of various ...