Scientists offer recommendations for delaying resistance to Bt corn in western corn rootworm
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 12:30
in Biology & Nature
Corn that contains proteins that protect it from insect damage has been grown in the U.S. since the mid-1990s. Known as Bt corn, because the proteins are derived from a bacterium called Bacillus thuringiensis, these plants have been widely grown by farmers.