One example of public debate over the use of a genetically modified plant involves the case of Bt corn. Bt corn expresses a protein from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis. Prior to construction ...

This week, Mexico's leaders voted to enshrine that concept in the Constitution, declaring native corn "an element of national ...

Common GMO foods include corn, soybeans, potatoes, and papaya. The first genetically modified food was a tomato, introduced in 1994. Since then, the controversy around genetically modified ...

According to a March 21, 2025 report issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Foreign Agricultural Service, the scope of Mexico’s ...

For more than 20 years, farmers across the globe have been planting crops, including corn, cotton, and soybeans, that have been genetically modified to express insecticide genes from the bacterium ...