Refuge corn? What’s that? I’ll show you! No corn doesn’t need to take refuge in some kind of crop refugee camp, but it can act as a safe haven for pests that like to eat my crops. Why would I want pests to eat my crops? What is Refuge? Refuge plants are needed to mitigate […]
Big, evil corporate giant (read with sarcasm) Monsanto has a new product coming to market according to its blog Beyond the Rows. Sweet corn genetically modified to express the Bt insecticide trait that prevails in much of the conventional corn market. This trait allows the plant to create a toxin that is harmful to certain […]
Update November 13, 2013 What’s become of Dr. Huber and his claim of a new organism that causes trouble for seemingly every living thing on the planet in the nearly three years since I published this post? The latest news is from Dr. Kevin Folta who I’ve had the privelage of meeting over dinner while […]