Bt Crops - GMOs go mainstream

The NewLeaf potato was a failure, appearing and disappearing in under a decade. But it was the first of a new wave of GMO crops that have endured to the present day - Bt crops.

Key references

Insect Resistance in Crops: A Case Study of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) and its Transfer to Developing Countries. 1997.

The chronicle of the ups and downs that made Bacillus thuringiensis a natural insecticide by Ninfa Rosas-Garcia, 2023.

https://dfg-vk-darmstadt.de/Lexikon_Auflage_2/BerlinerErnst.htm

Biographical details about Ernst Berliner.

https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-practices-management/biotechnology

→ 2025 USDA data on Bt crops

https://farmingfirst.org/2025/12/how-africa-can-benefit-from-south-africa-success-with-gm-crops/

⇒ GMO crops in South Africa.

https://farmingfirst.org/2025/12/how-africa-can-benefit-from-south-africa-success-with-gm-crops/

⇒ GMO crops in Kenya