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

Bacillus thuringiensis is a Gram positive ... Since then, numerous crops, from corn to cotton, have been engineered with Bt genes. As of 2010, at least 50% of cotton and 40% of the corn produced in ...

It's bad news for corn farmers, who paid extra money for ... was copied from an insect-killing bacterium called Bacillus thuringiensis, or Bt. In the 1980s, scientists managed to insert a Bt ...

Named for the pesticidal toxin-producing Bacillus thuringiensis gene it contains, Bt corn now accounts for three-quarters of the U.S. corn crop. The vulnerability of this corn could be disastrous ...

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 ...

Bacillus thuringiensis is a species of bacteria that ... recent research suggests there has been an areawide suppression of European corn borer populations (Hutchison et al. 2010).

Bt (bacillus thuringiensis) corn is a critical technology for many farmers to protect fields against insects. Refuge helps preserve the benefits of Bt technology, according to Take Action ...

Bt corn derives its name from Bacillus thuringiensis, a bacterium that produces toxins that kill insects. Those toxin-producing genes are genetically engineered into Bt corn, which allows the corn to ...