Does Bt protein persist or break down during the agricultural cycle?

When genetically modified Bt maize is cultivated, Bt protein enters the soil via root exudates, harvest residues and pollen deposits. If Bt ma… more

What happens to Bt protein from GM maize when it enters the soil? (long-term monitoring)

(2007 – 2009) Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft, Institut für Pflanzenbau und Pflanzenzüchtung more

Effects of Bt maize containing three Bt proteins on micro-organisms in the soil

(2008 – 2011) Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut (vTI - the Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries), Instit… more

Genetically modified Bt maize does not affect soil fertility

A team at the Swiss Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) in Frick has established during greenhouse trials that the genetically mo… more

Effects of Bt maize on micro-organisms that break down maize litter

(2008 – 2011) Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Institute of Landscape Matter Dynamics, Eberswalder Str. 84, 15… more

Binding of Bt proteins to soil particles

(2008 – 2011) Institute of Applied Biotechnology in the Tropics (IBT) at the University of Göttingen more

Maize litter and micro-organisms

It is the middle of April and there is stubble as far as the eye can see. There are still a few weeks left until the next crop of maize will b… more

“Looking at all the results, we can assume that cultivation of this maize does not pose a problem.”

From 2005 to 2008, a joint biosafety research group studied genetically modified MON88017 Bt maize, which has a new gene that makes it resista… more

Binding sites and soil horizons

It is a cool, sunny July morning on the maize trial field. Scientists from the University of Göttingen are digging up a soil profile. The U… more

Movement of Bt toxin (Cry3Bb1) in the soil

(2005 – 2008) University of Göttingen, Institute of Applied Biotechnology in the Tropics (IBT e.V.) more