Transgenic Bt Corn: Is This the Future of Insect Pest Management?
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The Iowa State University Integrated Crop Management Conference is Iowa's premier crop production education event. No other program in Iowa brings together the diverse range of topics, slate of expert presenters and results of the latest University research.
The ICM Conference offers workshops focusing on the latest in crop production technology. Experts from Iowa and surrounding states will provide research updates and results in soil fertility, soil and water management, crop production and pest management.
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In a few short years, it is expected that a dramatically different management tactic will be ready for field corn producers to combat the ravages of the European com borer. This new tactic currently goes by a variety of names including genetically-engineered com, transgenic com, Bt com, or transgenic Bt com. But whatever name eventually is used, it offers a hope that biotechnology will deliver a corn plant that is resistant to leaf feeding, stalk tunneling, dropped ears and reduced grain yields caused by the European corn borer.