Aside from being a close relative to Bacillus anthracis (the one that gives you anthrax) B. thuringiensis is probably best known for its use as an insecticide. B. thuringiensis was first described in ...

CSIRO scientists helped develop this insect-resistant cotton variety, using a gene derived from a soil bacteria, Bacillus ...

Bacillus thuringiensis makes a selective, relatively safe insecticide, to which insects are becoming less and less susceptible. So what do we do when evolution is faster than we are? Get evolution ...

Bacillus thuringiensis, often abbreviated as Bt, is a naturally-occurring bacteria that makes pests sick when they eat it. There are two strains commonly used as natural pesticides.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)’s research centre in Puducherry has developed a technology to produce Bacillus thuringiensis ... strain by the Central Insecticide Board of India.

Interactions between Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner and its beta-exotoxin, thuringiensin, were evaluated in neonate larvae of Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith). The median lethal concentration of B ...

414-443 (30 pages) Insecticidal crystal proteins (also known as δ-endotoxins) synthesized by the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner (Bt) are the active ingredient of various environmentally ...

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? Bruce Potter ...