Interbreeding Bt cotton plants with non-Bt plants yields a seed mix that has resulted in 96 percent pest suppression and 69 percent fewer insecticide sprays in the Yangtze River Valley in China.

One of those insecticides, Bt, is commonly used around the world ... at the U.S Department of Agriculture studied a unique plant-based insecticide known as Mir1-CP. Their goal is to see if ...

But now a new study finds that farmers who plant Bt corn reduce crop damage and insecticide use in nearby fields of non-genetically engineered crops such as peppers and green beans. The Bt corn ...

No Hazard to Humans? The BT corn contains the genes that allow it to produce the insecticide. The amount of it in the plant is minimal so the hazard to people eating it is essentially non-existent ...