If you have moths or caterpillars bothering your garden, Bt (or Bacillus thuringiensis) is your best bet to wipe them out without harming beneficial insects. You can buy this organic pest control at ...

Interactions between Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner and its beta-exotoxin, thuringiensin, were evaluated in neonate larvae of Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith). The median lethal concentration of B ...

Zeitschrift für Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz / Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, Vol. 81, No. 10 (1974), pp. 575-583 (9 pages) Bacillus thuringiensis var. thuringiensis Berliner was ...

Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that Bacillus thuringiensis, or Bt--a bacterium that produces natural protein insecticides that have been used by organic farmers ...

The selective cytotoxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis has been successfully demonstrated by Researchers at The University of Texas. The Cry toxins produced by Bacillus thuringiensis exert their ...

Is the supposed safety advantage of GMO crops over conventional chemical pesticides a mirage? According to biotech lore, the Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) pesticides introduced into many GMO food crops ...

A major challenge in bacterial developmental biology is to understand how the bacteria determine their fate at the cell level (Losick and Desplan, 2008; Lopez et al., 2009). To date, this question has ...

Corn rootworms, pests responsible for billions of dollars in yearly crop losses, are evolving resistance that weakens even the latest biotechnology controls, according to a new study published in the ...