The Economics of Bt Corn: Adoption Implications

Jeffrey Hyde, Marshall A Martin, C. Richard Edwards, and Paul V Preckel ( September, 1998 )

Summary

Several varieties of transgenic corn have recently become available. The term "transgenic" refers to corn, or any other organism, that contains a gene from a different plat or organism. In this case, the gene is taken from a naturally occurring soil bacterium known as Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt).

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