The Food and Environmental Safety of Bt Crops

Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) microbial pesticides have a 50-year history of safe use in agriculture. Cry proteins are among the active insecticidal ingredients in these pesticides, and genes coding for Cry proteins have been introduced into agricultural crops using modern biotechnology. The Cry gene...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Plant Science
Main Authors:	Michael Stephen Koch, Jason M Ward, Steven L Levine, James A Baum, John L Vicini, Bruce G Hammond
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-04-01
Subjects:	Bacillus thuringiensis genetically modified crops safety assessment food and feed safety Cry proteins
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2015.00283/full

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