Bt maize has revolutionized pest control and many farmers have benefited, but some people remain skeptical of this new technology. Bacillus thuringiensis is a species of bacteria that produces ...

Like many other transgenic crops, Bt maize synthesises its own pesticide: a toxic protein produced in its leaves and stems, which kills pests in a matter of days. Perfect, except when insect ...

The environmental consequences of transgenic crops are the focus of numerous investigations, such as the one published in the journal PloS ONE, which was carried out by Cristina Faria and her ...

Pakistan is largely based on agriculture; it contributes about 25% to the national economy, provides employment for over 50% of the labour force and is main source of income generation in rural areas.

(March 24, 2013 Beyond Pesticides) A study by an entomologist at Iowa State University in Ames Iowa found that western corn rootworm is now resistant to two varieties of Bt-incorporated genetically ...

Kenyan farmers will soon be able to grow GM (Bt) maize, a move that can save nearly 20 million bags of maize per year lost to pests. This is a major step by the Kenya Agriculture and Livestock ...

Even with biotech crops, farmers still need to make use of age-old practices such as crop rotation to fight insect pests. That’s the lesson to be drawn from the latest discovery of resistance to the ...

Genetically engineered (GE) crops with stacked insecticidal traits expose arthropods to multiple Cry proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). One concern is that the different Cry proteins may ...

The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (Kalro) and the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) have applied for a licence to plant genetically modified (GM) maize in ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 101, No. 20 (May 18, 2004), pp. 7526-7529 (4 pages) Transgenic crops producing insecticidal toxins from Bacillus ...

Aphids perform better on Bt maize than on the corresponding conventional varieties. However, according to a recent article, the consequences are not necessarily negative for agriculture since aphids ...

Kenyan farmers will soon be able to grow GM (Bt) maize, a move that can save nearly 20 million bags of maize per year lost to pests. This is a major step by the Kenya Agriculture and Livestock ...