EPA proposes new Bt crop regulation to slow insect resistance
Story Date: 9/17/2020

 

Source: Emily Unglesbee, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 9/15/20

Big changes could be coming to Bt corn and cotton management in the years ahead, according to a newly released draft of proposed Bt regulations from EPA. The agency released a document this week outlining steps it is considering taking to help the agricultural industry slow the spread of Bt resistance in lepidopteran pests such as corn earworm, fall armyworm and western bean cutworm.

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