Producing a Bt protein standard and optimising detection methods

(2008 – 2011) Dienstleistungszentrum Ländlicher Raum (DLR) Rheinpfalz, Department of Phytomedicine, 67435 Neustadt an der Weinstraße 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

Pollen diet for caterpillars

January 2010. It is below freezing outside, but in a greenhouse at RWTH Aachen University winter has been kept at bay and clouds of butterf… more

“We are looking at how bee colonies that can gather pollen from only one type of maize develop.”

The maize test area in the middle of August. Gauze-covered tents, distributed over the whole maize test area, represent the restricted habi… 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

Protesters moved from trial field in Braunschweig

On the afternoon of 27 April the police removed protesters from a trial field belonging to the Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute (vTI) on t… more

Developing plastid transformation for maize

(2008 – 2011) Chair of Genetics - Research department for plant sciences - Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan – Technische Universität München more

How reliable is the cultivation of male-sterile maize as a means of restricting dispersal?

(2008 – 2011) Julius-Kühn-Institut, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (JKI), Institute for Biosafety of Genetically Modified Plants more

Comparing different varieties

From 2008 to 2011 several research projects will once again be investigating the environmental impacts of genetically modified Bt maize. A … more

Made to measure: Preparing the trial field

It was a beautiful day at the end of May, cool and sunny and just right for field work. A working group from RWTH Aachen University had arr… more