[HTML][HTML] The food and environmental safety of Bt crops

MS Koch, JM Ward, SL Levine, JA Baum… - Frontiers in plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) microbial pesticides have a 50-year history of safety in agriculture.
Cry proteins are among the active insecticidal ingredients in these pesticides, and genes …

Plant toxic proteins with insecticidal properties. A review on their potentialities as bioinsecticides

CR Carlini, MF Grossi-de-Sá - Toxicon, 2002 - Elsevier
To meet the demands for food of the expanding world population, there is need of new ways
for protecting plant crops against predators and pathogens while avoiding the use of …

Assessment of the food safety issues related to genetically modified foods

HA Kuiper, GA Kleter, HPJM Noteborn… - The plant …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
International consensus has been reached on the principles regarding evaluation of the
food safety of genetically modified plants. The concept of substantial equivalence has been …

Specificity determinants for Cry insecticidal proteins: Insights from their mode of action

JL Jurat-Fuentes, N Crickmore - Journal of invertebrate pathology, 2017 - Elsevier
Insecticidal proteins from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) are used as active
components of biopesticides and as plant incorporated protectants in transgenic crops. One …

Health risks of genetically modified foods

A Dona, IS Arvanitoyannis - Critical reviews in food science and …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
As genetically modified (GM) foods are starting to intrude in our diet concerns have been
expressed regarding GM food safety. These concerns as well as the limitations of the …

[PDF][PDF] A long-term toxicology study on pigs fed a combined genetically modified (GM) soy and GM maize diet.

JA Carman, HR Vlieger, LJ Ver Steeg, VE Sneller… - 2013 - organic-systems.org
A significant number of genetically modified (GM) crops have been approved to enter human
food and animal feed since 1996, including crops containing several GM genes' stacked'into …

Genetically modified crops: detection strategies and biosafety issues

S Kamle, S Ali - Gene, 2013 - Elsevier
Genetically modified (GM) crops are increasingly gaining acceptance but concurrently
consumers' concerns are also increasing. The introduction of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) …

An overview of the safety and biological effects of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry toxins in mammals

N Rubio‐Infante… - Journal of applied …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Crystal proteins (Cry) produced during the growth and sporulation phases of Bacillus
thuringiensis (Bt) bacterium are known as delta endotoxins. These toxins are being used …

Current perspectives on genetically modified crops and detection methods

M Kamle, P Kumar, JK Patra, VK Bajpai - 3 Biotech, 2017 - Springer
Genetically modified (GM) crops are the fastest adopted commodities in the agribiotech
industry. This market penetration should provide a sustainable basis for ensuring food …

[PDF][PDF] Safety testing and regulation of genetically engineered foods

W Freese, D Schubert - Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
The use of recombinant DNA techniques to engineer food crops with novel traits has
aroused tremendous interest and concern throughout the world. Both the public and the …