Scientists in Asia and Africa are racing to discover hardier crop varieties using gene editing tools. But patent restrictions ...

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 ...

For large infestations, use a biological control agent instead. The bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies israelensis, ...

In the Bt cotton grown in India and Bt brinjal in Bangladesh, scientists added a gene from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis to the plants’ genomes, making them produce a toxin that kills ...

Bt eggplant, on the other hand, contains natural protein from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis, making it resistant to eggplant fruit-and-shoot borer. The report also highlighted other ...

Genetically modified by insertion of genes from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis, the Bt cotton plants produce toxins that cause damaging bollworms on cotton to be lethargic and to die in ...

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a soil bacterium which produces proteinaceous inclusion bodies during sporulation. The inclusion bodies contain genetically encoded insecticidal proteins with very ...

Other crops have been genetically modified to be resistant to insects. A bacterium called Bacillus thuringiensis naturally produces a toxin which kills many insects. The gene responsible for this ...

Water from the bottom. Use biological insecticides. A natural bacterium called Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (BTI), found in mosquito dunks, works against fungus gnat larvae. Add a piece ...