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Nov 4, 2019 · Now, researchers have for the first time shown they can reliably increase corn yields up to 10% by changing a gene that increases plant growth—regardless of whether growing conditions are poor or optimal.
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Jun 13, 2012 · Consumer groups and activists who maintain genetically modified foods may pose environmental and health risks have urged major food vendors to avoid Monsanto's sweet corn.
Jun 25, 2012 · Monsanto has also spliced genes into the corn that produce toxins that kill corn-eating caterpillars, helping farmers reduce their use of pesticides. The poisons are derived from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), a bacteria that occurs naturally in soil and is approved for organic agriculture.
Jun 23, 2017 · First it was spray-on pesticides; then it was corn genetically modified to make the Bt toxin, a technology also commercialized by Monsanto.
Dec 21, 2022 · In 2021, Mexico imported 16.9 million tons of corn from the U.S., where 93 percent of the crop is genetically modified. Most of the imported corn goes to livestock, pork and poultry producers, but it’s also used for processed foods such as cereals, syrup and sauces.
Dec 20, 2019 · Marches and rallies against Monsanto, a biotecnologie company and genetically modified organisms (GMO) food and seeds were held in dozens of countries in a global campaign highlighting the...
Aug 18, 2021 · In one study, researchers planted a single Roundup-resistant Palmer amaranth plant in each of four fields of genetically modified cotton. In three years, the weeds choked out the cotton, and...
