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Title: Does Bt Corn Really Produce Tougher Residues

Author
item Lehman, R - Michael

Submitted to: The Green Sheet Farm Forum
Publication Type: Trade Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/17/2009
Publication Date: 11/20/2009
Citation: Lehman, R.M. 2009. Does Bt Corn Really Produce Tougher Residues. The Green Sheet Farm Forum. 44(36):63F.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Bt corn hybrids produce insecticidal proteins that are derived from a bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis. There have been concerns that Bt corn hybrids produce residues that are relatively resistant to decomposition. We conducted four experiments that examined the decomposition of corn residues under field conditions. We found no differences in residue decomposition between Bt and non-Bt corn hybrids.