Recent applications of biotechnology, especially genetic engineering, have revolutionized
crop improvement and increased the availability of valuable new traits. A current example is …

▪ Abstract Insect resistance, based on Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) endotoxins, is the second
most widely used trait (after herbicide resistance) in commercial genetically modified (GM) …

The Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority for PCT Application No.
PCT/EP2008/051059, 10 pages, Jul. 3, 2008. The Preliminary Report on Patentability for …

Field studies were done to assess how much of the transgenic, insecticidal protein, Cry1Ab,
encoded by a truncated cry1Ab gene from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), was released from Bt …

Insecticidal proteins produced by various subspecies (kurstaki, tenebrionis, and israelensis)
of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) bound rapidly and tightly on clays, both pure mined clay …

Bt plants are plants that have been genetically modified to express the insecticidal proteins
(eg Cry1Ab, Cry1Ac, Cry3A) from subspecies of the bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), to …

One of the potential environmental effects of the recent rapid increase in the global
agricultural area cultivated with transgenic crops is a change in soil microbially mediated …

Following a request by the United Soybean Board (USB), the Board of Directors of the
Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) authorized preparation of a report …

Use of transgenic crops, including those expressing the insecticidal Cry protein from Bt, is
increasing at a rapid rate in worldwide. Field and laboratory studies of transgenic Bt crops …

The effects of expression of Cry endotoxin by Bt corn (transgenic corn engineered to express
Bacillus thuringiensis toxin) on soil microbial community structure were assessed in a …