Widespread planting of corn hybrids designed to combat corn rootworm, the crop's most damaging pest in the Corn Belt, is ...

Planting a refuge helps protect the ability to grow Bt corn long-term and allows farmers to reap the profits season after season. also, it’s the law. If these varieties are not properly managed ...

if your market allows for Bt sweet corn, planting Attribute II sweet corn may be recommended if silking is expected during the month of August (Figure 4). While earworms are resistant to Performance ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Nearly half of American farms grow genetically modified crops such as Bt corn or glyphosate-resistant (Roundup-ready) soybeans. Peter Goldsbrough, a plant scientist and expert ...

In these states, farmers commonly plant corn continuously ... Since then, farmers have extensively used “Bt corn” hybrids. Subsequently, multiple field studies have reported Bt resistance ...

Corn borer caterpillars bite into the leaves, stems, or kernels of a Bt corn plant, the toxin attacks their digestive tracts, and they die within a few days. Other food plants—squash and papaya, ...

“Locally, it looks like we could get the corn planter started on Wednesday without seed-chilling issues, and we probably can continue to plant until about Saturday noon – if the weather ...

Overplanting Bt corn causes farmers to lose some of its benefits for suppressing rootworm populations and preserving yields.” Aaron Gassmann, professor of plant pathology, entomology and microbiology ...

In these states, farmers commonly plant corn continuously ... Since then, farmers have extensively used "Bt corn" hybrids. Subsequently, multiple field studies have reported Bt resistance in ...

In those states, farmers more commonly plant corn continuously ... Since then, farmers have extensively used Bt corn hybrids. Subsequently, multiple field studies have reported Bt resistance ...