BT Corn Issues in the Philippines

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Social Issues

 

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John G

 

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October 20, 2015

 

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The development of new technology for latter problem has been the main concern of the agricultural crowd because after six years of testing, the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) has approved the first Bt corn for propagation and import for direct use in December 2002. Bt corn or YieldGuard 818 Corn Borer is a genetically modified organism (GMO), where a specific Bt gene is inserted to produce a protein that protects the corn plant from feeding by Asiatic corn borers (ACB)...
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This makes the corn plant naturally resistant to attack by ACB. The gene used is from the common soil bacteria Bacillus thurigiensis that makes its own insecticidal protein. The Bt protein controls insects by disrupting the insect's digestive system. Once inside the alkaline gut of the target insect, the Bt protein is activated and binds to specific receptors...
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