But seed companies often offer Bt pyramids in which one of the traits is already seeing significant resistance, which undermines the intended redundancy of including multiple toxins ... corn rootworm ...

that have been genetically modified to express insecticide genes from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). When susceptible pests munch on these “Bt crops,” they get poisoned. But insects that ...

Before the resultant media furor died down, Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth followed up with the news that they had found the Bacillus thuringiensis toxin gene in rice products imported into ...

A bacterium called Bacillus thuringiensis naturally produces a toxin which kills many insects. The gene responsible for this has been identified, removed and inserted into crop plants. For ...

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a soil bacterium which produces proteinaceous inclusion bodies during sporulation. The inclusion bodies contain genetically encoded insecticidal proteins with very ...