Because of this, it has been used as a safe microbial insecticide for over 50 years to control pest caterpillars. Bt insecticides are popular with organic farmers because they are considered ...

As with synthetic insecticides insects will develop resistance to Bt toxins upon prolonged exposure. We are interested in the mechanism of resistance within the insect and also in strategies that can ...

Expect control with insecticides, even if timed well, to be noticeably less effective than Bt traits (more than 99.5 percent). Larvae have tunneled into the stalk, ear shank or ear aren’t susceptible ...

Photo: Dave Baird With the introduction rootworm-resistant Bt corn (Bt-RW corn), growers could simplify management by focusing on corn hybrids and insecticides, rather than field-by-field corn ...

Researchers used genomics to investigate the genetic changes causing resistance to transgenic crops in field populations of the corn earworm, also known as cotton bollworm or Helicoverpa zea. They ...

43 detections of insects having acquired resistance to the Bt proteins supposed to kill them were listed in a scientific article in 2023. 43 cases out of 73 studied, i.e. more than half. For the ...