Scientists are developing a pest-resistant eggplant, which is expected to be the first genetically engineered food crop in South Asia. The engineered eggplant expresses a natural insecticide derived ...

Insecticidal Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) cotton is the first and only GM (genetically modified) crop that has been approved in India. It has been cultivated in the country for more than 20 years. In a ...

Many households frequently include brinjal in their cooking. However, this vegetable stands out for its heavy use of insecticides compared to other vegetables in the country. This is primarily due to ...

Bangladeshi scientists have readied the country's first genetically modified (GM) crop -- brinjal infused with pest-resistant genes -- that will see a drastic fall in the use of harmful pesticides in ...

A rude surprise could be in store for the eggplant flea beetle, bane of commercial growers and home gardeners alike. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have identified a blend of compounds ...

LOS BAÑOS, Laguna, Philippines – Expect vegetable production in the country to continue being a “pesticide-laced” industry following the Supreme Court (SC) ban on field trials of genetically modified ...

A team of researchers at the UAS here has succeed in genetically engineering a widely grown vegetable crop in the country to manage fruit and shoot borer pest with the development of six Bt brinjal ...

Cornell’s 'no pest' Bt brinjal project in Bangladesh appears to be going great with 200 farmers signed up, reports Farida Akhter. Only its not - hardly any of the farmers who grew the GM plants in ...

In India, the Bt Brinjal is a hot potato. Never has the eggplant — still cheap in an inflation-hit country — attracted so much attention. Zia Haq & Snehal Rebello report. In India, the Bt Brinjal is a ...

ITHACA, N.Y., Oct. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists are helping develop a pest-resistant eggplant that's expected to become South Asia's first genetically modified food crop by 2009. Cornell University ...