Plant scientists have used a standard "gene gun" since 1988 to genetically modify crops for better yield, nutrition, pest resistance and other valuable traits.

Iowa State engineers, left to right, Connor Thorpe and Shan Jiang helped invent the "Flow Guiding Barrel," which improves gene gun performance for the genetic modification of plants. Jiang is holding ...

The corn rootworm, a significant pest for farmers, is becoming immune to the genetically modified corn created to repel it, according to the MSU study.

Too much of a good thing: Consequences of overplanting Bt corn in the US Date: May 30, 2025 Source: Michigan State University Summary: A new study shows that planting too much genetically modified ...

A new study from Michigan State University shows that planting too much genetically modified corn designed to fight off a tough insect – the corn rootworm – especially in the eastern US Corn Belt ...

Too much of a specific type of Bt corn — genetically modified to produce insecticides against corn rootworm — is being planted in places that don’t have a high risk of corn rootworms ...

In the face of U.S. efforts to require Mexico, under a trade agreement, to import genetically engineered corn, last week the Mexican legislature approved a constitutional amendment identifying native ...

To protect thousands of varieties of Mexico's prized heirloom corn, leaders vote to amend the constitution to ban the planting of genetically modified corn seeds.

The University of Minnesota research is addressing the European corn borer resistance to Bt crops as resistance expands across the United States.

Corn originated in Mexico, but fears that genetically modified seeds could contaminate these ancient varieties have led to bans on certain U.S. imports.

An updated trait table for corn farmers was released last month. It is to help growers select and understand the Bt trait packages in GMO seed corn. In a concise two-page format, it presents the ...