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 ...

Pakistan will also officially start cultivation of Bacillus thuringiensis cotton next year, following the lead of the world's other top cotton producers, the United States, India and China.

No, they are not “army worms.” Those conspicuous white masses of webby material that are seen in the forks of branches of trees are created by the eastern tent caterpillar. Populations of this ...

For more than 20 years, farmers across the globe have been planting crops, including corn, cotton, and soybeans, that have been genetically modified to express insecticide genes from the bacterium ...

E. Smith), and corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea Boddie, perennially cause leaf and ear damage to corn in the southeastern USA. Development of transgenic hybrids expressing insecticidal endotoxin from ...

Residents of western Haywood County and eastern Jackson County will have the chance to learn about the Spongy Moth ...

While insecticides like permethrin are often used, less environmentally damaging products like Bacillus thuringiensis (BT) ...