AMES, Iowa – A researcher at Iowa State University is urging Iowa farmers to adopt a diverse range of pest management tactics to suppress the resistance of western corn rootworm to Bt corn, a widely ...

Eating a blend of non-toxic corn and genetically modified toxic corn can result in corn earworm pests (Helicoverpa zea) developing longer, more narrow and more tapered wings – shaped like the wings of ...

Bt maize has revolutionized pest control and many farmers have benefited, but some people remain skeptical of this new technology. Bacillus thuringiensis is a species of bacteria that produces ...