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Cotton Bollworm: Bt Cotton Resistance Showing Up from North Carolina to Texas – DTN Jul 21, 2017
From the Carolinas to Texas, the cotton bollworm is leading an assault on Bt cotton again this year. Growing resistance to the Bt traits found in the most common […]
Cotton: Boll Weevil Still a Problem? New Bt Protein Targets and Kills – DTN Mar 13, 2017
Brazilian scientists have successfully inserted a Bt protein into cotton plants to target and kill the cotton boll weevil (CBW). The boll weevil was a major cotton pest in the […]
Bt Protein: New Boll Weevil Weapon Approved in South America – DTN May 1, 2015
The beetles and weevils of the world could soon face another Bt weapon in the fields. South American scientists have been eyeing Cry8Ka5, a mutant Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) protein. The […]
