Tma12 binds to the chitin polymers that are a major component of insects’ exoskeletons. After isolating the gene that encodes Tma12, the authors created a transgenic cotton plant that expressed it.

Although the need for high protein expression is important for most proteins expressed in transgenic plants, it is especially important in insect-resistant plants where the 'High Dose' strategy is ...

With Bt crop acreage increasing worldwide, incorporating enhanced understanding of observed patterns of field-evolved resistance ... of transgenic crops. Since 1996, crop plants genetically ...

Plants are among many eukaryotes ... As chemical pesticides raise concerns over insect resistance, collateral environmental damage, and human exposure risks, transgenic methods are becoming ...

But transgenic insect-resistant crops have turned this process around, Tabashnik says. These plants produce proteins from a widespread bacterium known as Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) that only harm ...

CSIRO scientists helped develop this insect-resistant cotton variety, using a gene derived from a soil bacteria, Bacillus ...

Now that they have developed a process ... by insects, bumblebees and pollen, and leaf litter composition, and found no evidence that transgenic American chestnuts present greater ecological risks ...

During the transformation process ... vector to increase resistance to diseases like powdery mildew, apple scab and fire blight [14]. A total of 64 plants of 15 different transgenic apple lines ...

Are genetically modified (GM) plants the solution to achieving sustainable agriculture, clearing up pollution and eradicating ...

Populations of canola plants genetically engineered to be resistant to herbicides can ... Steven Travers says, "The assumption that transgenic crop varieties will be restricted to the benign ...