Emily Bick, an entomologist from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has figured out how to use high-tech wiretapping technology to determine which bugs are having lunch in corn plants. | Screencap via youtube.com/Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)

Attempting to bug the bugs in a corn field

In the 1974 movie The Conversation, Gene Hackman plays a paranoid surveillance expert who specializes in wiretapping. A case goes wrong, and Hackman’s character ends up being the eavesdropped instead of the eavesdropper. The movie ends with him tearing his apartment to pieces as he desperately searches for listening devices. I thought of this movie […] Read more

VT4PRO includes RNAi-based traits at the Bt protein, and incorporates both above- and below-ground traits to control pests. It delivers the latest in corn rootworm defense below the soil, and adds comprehensive above-ground control. | Gord Gilmour photo

Bayer launches VT4PRO at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show 2024

Sytem includes Bt protein and RNAi, giving three modes of action above ground, two below ground

Glacier FarmMedia – Bayer CropScience is bringing a new weapon to the fight against corn rootworm and other yield-robbing insects. VT4PRO includes RNAi-based traits at the Bt protein, and incorporates both above- and below-ground traits to control pests. It delivers the latest in corn rootworm defense below the soil, and adds comprehensive above-ground control. Related […] Read more