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

THE isolation of the protein crystals of Bacillus thuringiensis, which are toxic to the larvae of certain species of insects, has been described previously 1,2, and involves phase separation 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 ...

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 ...

a liquid larvicide with the active ingredient Bti (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis) directly into catch basins. Bti is a ...