Bt Corn - Crop Quest https://www.cropquest.com/tag/bt-corn/ Your Crop Consultant & Farm Advisor Fri, 21 Jun 2024 15:00:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://www.cropquest.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-MicrosoftTeams-image-83-32x32.png Bt Corn - Crop Quest https://www.cropquest.com/tag/bt-corn/ 32 32 54738598 Applying Insecticides to Corn Refuges https://www.cropquest.com/applying-insecticides-corn-refuges/ Mon, 15 Sep 2014 08:00:56 +0000 https://www.cropquest.com/?p=4142   Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) is a protein inserted into plant genes such as corn, that is toxic to certain insect pests.  Bt corn is used by many farmers and is very beneficial to the management of insect pests.  To avoid insect resistance to Bt genes there must be a nearby refuge.  The refuge is a [...]

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]]> 4142 Corn Borer Control in a Bt World https://www.cropquest.com/corn-borer-control-bt-world/ Mon, 15 Jul 2013 08:00:06 +0000 https://www.cropquest.com/?p=2585 Prior to the introduction of the Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) gene in corn, it was common to treat the vast majority of corn acres in this country for European and/or Southwestern Corn Borer each summer.  In many areas, there are two, possibly three flights of the corn borer moth each year.  The second flight is usually [...]

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