“So far we have found no resistant organisms”

Bt maize produces a substance which is highly effective in controlling its main pest, the European corn borer. Plant pests, however, are ad… more

No resistant pests

Despite extensive cultivation of Bt plants in the USA, it appears that no pests with resistance to the Bt toxin have yet emerged. This was the… more

Wanted: Resistant European corn borers!

June 2003. Hundreds of small plastic beakers are neatly laid out in a shady greenhouse. In each one a caterpillar is metamorphosising into … more

Ecological impacts of insect-resistant Bt maize on various insects and the European corn borer

(1999 – 2002) RWTH Aachen University, Chair of Biology V, Aachen; Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry (BBA)(… more