An EPA proposal to gradually reduce the use of some Bt corn and cotton products in order to combat pest resistance is getting pushback from grower groups and has the crop protection industry concerned ...

What do Bt-resistant pink bollworms found in fields in India have to do with U.S. agriculture? A lot. In 2008, the discovery of Bt-resistant pink bollworm in India wasn’t a big surprise. Insects are ...

A pest insect known as bollworm is the first to evolve resistance in the field to plants modified to produce an insecticide called Bt, according to a new research report. Bt-resistant populations of ...

Farmers are turning to crop rotation, sharp scouting, and diversified tactics — along with Bt — to keep the pest from taking ...

AMES, Iowa – A researcher at Iowa State University is urging Iowa farmers to adopt a diverse range of pest management tactics to suppress the resistance of western corn rootworm to Bt corn, a widely ...

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 ...

If left unchecked, insect pests can devastate crops. To minimize damage and reduce the need for insecticide sprays, crops have been genetically engineered to produce bacterial proteins that kill key ...