But new research is showing that climate change is expected to accelerate rates of crop loss due to the activity of another group of hungry creatures — insects. In a paper published Aug. 31 in ...

Two years ago, Nigeria commercialized SAMPEA 20-T, a breakthrough new variety of insect-resistant cowpea – a critical crop for nutrition and livelihoods throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

The novel toxins, Cry1AbMod and Cry1AcMod, are effective against five resistant insect species, such as the diamondback moth, the cotton bollworm, and the European corn borer.

Going back to at least 2009, farmers across Peru have repurposed imported, insect-resistant corn by crossing it with a local variety known as “Pato,” typically used as animal feed. How and why this ...

Origin has been collaborating closely with CAAS for more than 10 years, and IPP supplied Origin with the insect-resistant gene and with technological support. Origin has since taken the gene and ...

EPA-approved varieties of corn, cotton and other crops that contain an insect-killing Bt toxin have been in wide use in the United States for more than two decades.

If hybrids acquired insect resistance genes from genetically modified insect-resistant crops, they could damage food chains dependent on insects that need the nontoxic wild plant for food.

In Europe, Monsanto's insect-resistant MON810 corn is the only GMO authorized for cultivation. But biotech products benefit from a much more flexible framework in the United States, Canada ...

Paris - More pest species are becoming resistant to the most popular type of genetically-modified, insect-repellent crops, but not in areas where farmers follow expert advice, a study said.

Two of the most prominent herbicide-tolerant varieties are dicamba-resistant cotton and soybeans. However, a recent Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision vacating the registrations of three dicamba ...