Tag Archives: Bt toxin

An organic farmer walks into Monsanto

Posted on February 1, 2014 by argylesock

The biotechnology giant Monsanto says that it’s ‘improving agriculture, improving lives.’ Do you agree? Monsanto is a chemical company. Some of its efforts to improve agriculture involve agrochemicals and genetically modified (GM, genetically engineered, GE) seeds to be planted where … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, knowledge transfer, money and trade | Tagged arthropod, biotechnology, breeding, Bt crop, Bt toxin, climate, climate-ready crop, crop, crop variety, development, farmer, genetic modification, herbicide, insect, insecticide, Monsanto, organic, patent, pest, pesticide, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, politics, Roundup, Roundup Ready crop, seed, soil, sustainable, trade, weed | 4 Comments

Bt crops

Posted on December 8, 2013 by argylesock

The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) does what its name says it will do. Among other things, it promotes genetically modified (GM, genetically engineered, GE) crops. On the other side of this heated debate, GM Watch … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, human health, knowledge transfer | Tagged academia, arthropod, aubergine, bacterium, biotechnology, bird, brinjal, Bt crop, Bt toxin, corn, crop, crop variety, eggplant, evolution, feed, food, food safety, genetic modification, human, insect, insecticide, insecticide resistance, knowledge, livestock, maize, maize 1507, mammal, Monsanto, organic, pest, pesticide, pesticide resistance, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, research, staple food, vegetable, vertebrate, wildlife | 10 Comments

Living With GMO Insect Control

Posted on December 7, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on Living With Insects Blog:
Corn Rootworm Larva Genetically modified crops to control insect pests have both advantages and disadvantages. The most commonly deployed insect control genes express proteins from the bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis. The proteins specifically target…

Posted in agriculture, money and trade | Tagged America, arthropod, Asia, biotechnology, Bt crop, Bt toxin, corn, crop, crop variety, Europe, European Food Safety Authority, genetic modification, grain, insect, insecticide, law, maize, maize MIR 162, pest, pesticide, plant_monocot, Syngenta, trade | Leave a comment

Wageningen researchers find yields from new crop varieties continue to increase

Posted on November 15, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on AgScience:
New varieties continue to yield more than their predecessors, according to research into varieties of winter wheat, spring barley, potatoes grown for starch and sugar beet which have been introduced in the Netherlands by plant breeding…

Posted in agriculture | Tagged arthropod, barley, BASF, biotechnology, breeding, Bt crop, Bt toxin, corn, crop, crop variety, data, development, genetic modification, harvest, insect, insecticide, law, maize, maize MON810, Monsanto, paper, pest, pesticide, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, potato, potato Amflora, research, selective breeding, starch, sugar beet, textile, wheat, yield | 2 Comments

Another GM maize may soon be grown in Europe

Posted on November 6, 2013 by argylesock

European farmers can grow two GM (genetically modified, genetically engineered, GE) crops. Soon, they may get the choice of growing another. One of the GM crops approved for European cultivation is an insect-resistant maize (corn, Zea mays) called MON810. Its … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, money and trade | Tagged arthropod, BASF, beetle, biotechnology, Bt crop, Bt toxin, butterfly, coleopteran, corn, Dow, DuPont, farmer, genetic modification, glufosinate, grain, herbicide, herbicide resistance, insect, law, lepidopteran, maize, maize 1507, maize MON810, Monsanto, moth, pest, pesticide, plant_monocot, politics, pollination, potato, potato Amflora, trade, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, vegetable | 4 Comments

New strategy required for delaying insect resistance to Bt crops

Posted on September 29, 2013 by argylesock

arglesock says… We knew that pests would evolve resistance to Bt toxin. I wrote recently about the African maize stalk borer (Busseola fusca) evolving resistance that’s inherited as a dominant trait, making it harder for farmers to control. If I … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture | Tagged arthropod, biotechnology, Bt crop, Bt toxin, corn, crop, DNA, evolution, genetic modification, insect, insecticide, insecticide resistance, integrated pest management, lepidopteran, maize, Monsanto, moth, pest, pesticide, pesticide resistance, plant_monocot, stalk borer | Leave a comment

GMO Corn Fails To Protect Fields From Pest Damage

Posted on September 24, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on Ann Novek( Luure)–With the Sky as the Ceiling and the Heart Outdoors:
Researchers in the key corn-growing state of Illinois are finding significant damage from rootworms in farm fields planted in a rotation with a genetically…

Posted in agriculture, knowledge transfer | Tagged arthropod, beetle, biotechnology, Bt crop, Bt toxin, corn, corn rootworm, crop, crop rotation, data, evolution, genetic modification, grain, insect, insecticide, insecticide resistance, maize, Monsanto, pest, pesticide, pesticide resistance, plant_monocot, research | Leave a comment

Pest evolves better resistance to insecticidal GM crops

Posted on September 21, 2013 by argylesock

A few days ago I reblogged a post about genetically modified (GM, also called genetically engineered, GE) crops. I said that in my opinion, my fellow blogger Nasir Butt at Agriculture Information Bank sounds a little bit naïve in that … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, knowledge transfer | Tagged arthropod, biotechnology, Bt crop, Bt toxin, corn, DNA, evolution, gene, genetic modification, grain, insect, insecticide, insecticide resistance, knowledge, lepidopteran, maize, millet, Monsanto, moth, pearl millet, pest, pesticide, pesticide resistance, plant_monocot, research, sorghum, stalk borer, staple food | 3 Comments

Bangladesh Gets Bt Brinjal

Posted on August 13, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on Thought + Food:
It has been a recurring theme here at Thought+Food that the debates going on about the food system should not be overwhelmed by special interest groups. Instead, there must be room for the farmer to make…

Posted in agriculture, horticulture | Tagged arthropod, Asia, aubergine, biotechnology, brinjal, Bt crop, Bt toxin, development, eggplant, evolution, farm, farmer, garden, gardener, genetic modification, insect, insecticide, larva, law, lepidopteran, Monsanto, pest, pesticide, pesticide resistance, plant_dicot, politics, population, root borer, staple food, stem borer, vegetable, vegetable variety | Leave a comment

Golden Rice trial is vandalised

Posted on August 12, 2013 by argylesock

Golden Rice is being tested in experimental fields in the Philippines but some people there don’t want it. Matt McGrath at the BBC reports that, a few days ago, local farmers vandalised the field trial. I’m grateful to my fellow … Continue reading →

Posted in human health, knowledge transfer | Tagged Asia, aubergine, biofortification, biotechnology, brinjal, Bt crop, Bt toxin, child, development, eggplant, farmer, genetic modification, Golden Rice, grain, International Rice Research Institute, law, Monsanto, nutrition, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, politics, poverty, research, rice, staple food, Syngenta, Vitamin A, woman | 8 Comments