Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 3, 2013. Corn genetically engineered (GE) with the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxin to kill corn rootworm has been widely reported to exhibit resistance for the past several years. A new report by University of Illinois researchers found the resistant corn rootworm in two of the state’s counties significantly damaged by western corn rootworm. The increasing lack of efficacy of GE corn, developed with the claim that it is specifically designed to protect corn from rootworm, calls into question the efforts of agrichemical companies to patent new forms of GE crops.
