One example of public debate over the use of a genetically modified plant involves the case of Bt corn. Bt corn expresses a protein from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis. Prior to construction ...

Origin Agritech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SEED) (the "Company" or "Origin"), a leading Chinese agricultural technology company, today ...

Announces Filing of Annual Report on Form 20-F for Fiscal Year 2024 BEIJING, Feb. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Origin Agritech Ltd. (NASDAQ: SEED) (the "Company" or ...

“In my village and neighbouring areas, farmers are shifting from soybean to paddy and corn," Raghuvanshi ... and allow genetically modified (GM) technology for soybeans and mustard to improve ...

Biosafety certificates for genetically modified (GM ... take another five years or more of field trials. In the case of Bt rice and phytase maize, the certificates are valid from August 2009 ...

Among these are the genetically modified corn hybrid C7 Bt, corn C7 RR and cotton plant Bt. They are being cultivated at about 20 sites in parts of East Java, Central Java, West Java, Lampung and ...

Although Bt is an organic control, it can kill other insects besides the worms. Pletcher said he fears that within a few brief generations, worms living near genetically engineered corn will become ...

This GM tweak often adds nothing to the agronomic performance of the crop but is usually either a Bt toxin to kill insects or a herbicide-resistance gene that allows it to ... a drought-tolerant ...

The corn earworm causes the loss of more than 76,000 bushels of corn in the United States annually, and there is mounting evidence that increasingly extreme weather events and temperatures will ...