Management of insect pests with Bt crops in the United States

AJ Gassmann, DD Reisig - Annual Review of Entomology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Genetically engineered corn and cotton that produce insecticidal toxins derived from the
bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) have been used to manage insect pests in the United …

(Mis) informed about what? What it means to be a science-literate citizen in a digital world

EL Howell, D Brossard - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2021 - pnas.org
Science literacy is often held up as crucial for avoiding science-related misinformation and
enabling more informed individual and collective decision-making. But research has not yet …

Global patterns of insect resistance to transgenic Bt crops: the first 25 years

BE Tabashnik, JA Fabrick… - Journal of Economic …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Crops genetically engineered to produce insecticidal proteins from the bacterium Bacillus
thuringiensis (Bt) have improved pest management and reduced reliance on insecticide …

Internet-of-Things (IoT)-based smart agriculture: Toward making the fields talk

M Ayaz, M Ammad-Uddin, Z Sharif, A Mansour… - IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Despite the perception people may have regarding the agricultural process, the reality is that
today's agriculture industry is data-centered, precise, and smarter than ever. The rapid …

Science audiences, misinformation, and fake news

DA Scheufele, NM Krause - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2019 - pnas.org
Concerns about public misinformation in the United States—ranging from politics to science—
are growing. Here, we provide an overview of how and why citizens become (and …

Heat and drought stresses in crops and approaches for their mitigation

M Lamaoui, M Jemo, R Datla, F Bekkaoui - Frontiers in chemistry, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Drought and heat are major abiotic stresses that reduce crop productivity and weaken global
food security, especially given the current and growing impacts of climate change and …

[PDF][PDF] Mechanisms of resistance to insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis

JL Jurat-Fuentes, DG Heckel, J Ferré - Annu. Rev. Entomol, 2021 - researchgate.net
Insecticidal proteins from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) are used in sprayable
formulations or produced in transgenic crops as the most successful alternatives to synthetic …

Surge in insect resistance to transgenic crops and prospects for sustainability

BE Tabashnik, Y Carrière - Nature biotechnology, 2017 - nature.com
Transgenic crops have revolutionized insect pest control, but their effectiveness has been
reduced by evolution of resistance in pests. We analyzed global monitoring data reported …

Soy, soy foods and their role in vegetarian diets

G Rizzo, L Baroni - Nutrients, 2018 - mdpi.com
Soy is a basic food ingredient of traditional Asian cuisine used for thousands of years. In
Western countries, soybeans have been introduced about a hundred years ago and recently …

Genetic modification to improve disease resistance in crops

HP Van Esse, TL Reuber, D van der Does - New Phytologist, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Plant pathogens are a significant challenge in agriculture despite our best efforts to combat
them. One of the most effective and sustainable ways to manage plant pathogens is to use …