| 41. | The bug killer makes the stalk toxic to the European corn borer and has long been a favorite of organic farmers.
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| 42. | Genetically modified corn seed fights the corn borer, and a new gene being developed will resist corn rootworm, another destructive pest.
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| 43. | The StarLink corn is engineered to insert a gene that produces a protein lethal to the corn borer, a common pest.
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| 44. | StarLink contains a bacterial gene that permits the corn to produce a protein that kills the corn borer, a major pest.
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| 45. | The Monsanto-created corn seed is spliced with a bacterium's gene to resist the corn borer pest without the need for insecticides.
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| 46. | Genes inserted into the maize enable it to make the Bt toxin, a bacterial protein that kills European corn borer larvae.
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| 47. | In maize, DIMBOA functions as natural defense against European corn borer larvae and many other damaging pests, including fungi and bacteria.
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| 48. | The most popular of these is a corn plant that contains a toxin in its tissues that kills corn borer pests.
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| 49. | So far this summer, Rothermel has also sprayed to halt corn borer caterpillar and corn rootworm beetle infestations of his seed corn.
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| 50. | YieldGard, a gene that helps protect against the destructive European corn borer, received final U . S . regulatory approval in December.
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