New study shows that transgenic plants don't hurt beneficial bugs

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Larva of the diamondback moth a devastating worldwide vegetable pest. Inset: The parasitic wasp Diadegma insulare that kills the diamondback caterpillar but was not injured by Bt or Bt plants in a Cornell study showing that Bt does not harm beneficia ...
Larva of the diamondback moth, a devastating worldwide vegetable pest. Inset: The parasitic wasp Diadegma insulare, that kills the diamondback caterpillar, but was not injured by Bt or Bt plants in a Cornell study, showing that Bt does not harm beneficial organisms. Note: The two insects pictured here are not to scale. Credit: Joe Ogrodnick

Genetically modified (GM) plants that use Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis), a common soil bacterium, to kill pests won't harm the pests' natural enemies, according to new research by Cornell entomologists.


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