posed by insect-resistant, genetically modified (IRGM) crops. It adapts the tiered approach to risk assessment that is used internationally within regulatory toxicology and environmental sciences.

They got their bug-resistant features from a kind ... and the plants themselves produced these insect-killing proteins. Sponsor Message Bt crops brought a two-fold benefit: Cotton and corn farmers ...

Two new studies show that genetically modified Bt crops have no negative effects on two beneficial insect predators or on a beneficial, entomopathogenic nematode. A large body of literature has ...

reduced efficacy of Bt crops caused by field-evolved resistance has been reported now for some populations of 5 of 13 major pest species examined, compared with resistant populations of only one ...

But transgenic insect-resistant crops have turned this process around, Tabashnik says. These plants produce proteins from a widespread bacterium known as Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) that only harm ...

WASHINGTON, July 10, 2013- USDA recently released data summarizing the rapid adoption of herbicide-tolerant and insect-resistant crops since their introduction in 1996. Based on USDA survey data ...

build their weed management practices around more benign herbicides and replace insecticide use with insect resistant GM crops.” Worldwide economic benefits of GM crops have reached $150 billion ...

David Fischhoff is recognized as a leading scientist in the development and commercialization of crops that deter plant ... of commercial transgenic insect-resistant crop products.

To understand the environmental effects of GMOs, I started by looking at plants genetically modified to be insect-resistant — and concluded that they have, on balance, helped reduce overall ...

In an opinion paper published Thursday in the journal Science, researchers say the U.S. needs to provide greater justification for the peace-time purpose of its Insect Allies project to avoid ...

such as shifting where crops are grown or trying to breed insect-resistant crops. But these alterations will take time and come with their own costs. “I hope our results demonstrate the ...

NEW YORK -- An affiliate of Dow Chemical Co.'s AgroSciences unit on Tuesday was granted U.S. patent rights to a protein in plants that enables crops to protect themselves from insects. The patent ...