So-called Bt corn went on sale in the late 1990s. It has been astonishingly effective against the European corn borer, a common pest. But from the beginning, scientists worried that biotech ...

A new study from Michigan State University shows that planting too much genetically modified corn designed to fight off a ...

A recent study reaches damning conclusions about the failure of the technology – but an agricultural expert says the reality ...

A new study shows that planting too much genetically modified corn designed to fight off a tough insect -- the corn rootworm -- especially in the eastern U.S. Corn Belt states may be causing more harm ...

Until Bt corn was genetically altered to be poisonous to the pests, rootworms used to cause billions of dollars in damage to U.S. crops. Named for the pesticidal toxin-producing Bacillus ...

Bt corn, cotton, and soybeans have been engineered to express insect-killing proteins from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis, and they have indeed been successful at controlling the crops ...

Bt hybrids are an appealing rootworm solution for farmers because they're a simple, effective and safe alternative to applying pesticides, Hodgson said. The vast majority of Iowa's corn crop is Bt ...

Bt corn was first introduced and adopted in the United States in 1996 and is a genetically engineered crop (or GE) that makes up over 80% of our current corn plantings. In this study, Dr. Galen ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — While European corn borer once caused substantial yield losses and economic damage for corn growers across the United States, the pest has not been a major cause of concern ...

AMES, Iowa – A researcher at Iowa State University is urging Iowa farmers to adopt a diverse range of pest management tactics to suppress the resistance of western corn rootworm to Bt corn, a widely ...