Transgenic Bt crops and resistance: Broadscale use of pest-killing plants to be true test
More than 10 million acres of transgenic insect-resistant crops, including cotton, corn and potatoes, were planted in the United States in 1998 — and growers are on the verge of much more extensive plantings. Genetically engineered to produce insecticidal proteins of the bacterium Bacillus thuringie...
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University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
1998-11-01
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| Series: | California Agriculture |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3733/ca.v052n06p14 |