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Fumonisins in Maize:
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Reduced Fusarium Ear Rot
and Symptomless Infection
in Kernels of Maize
Genetically Engineered for
European Corn Borer
Resistance.

Plant Disease article.
Comparison of Fumonisin
Concentrations in Kernels
of Transgenic Bt Maize
Hybrids and Nontransgenic
Hybrids.

APSnet Plant Pathology On-Line

Government and University Websites
on Bt Corn:

The Environmental Protection Agency's White Paper on Bt Plant-Pesticide Resistance Management
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/1998/January/Day-14/paper.htm

Summary of EPA Registrations of Bt Crops: 1995-99
 http://www.ucsusa.org/Gene/apr99.summary.html

All You Ever Wanted to Know about Bt Corn
Integrated Crop Management, Department of Entomology, Iowa State University http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/1998/1-19-1998/allbt.html

University of Minnesota Extension Service
Bt Corn & European Corn Borer:  Long-Term Success Through Resistance Management
http://www.extension.umn.edu/Documents/D/C/DC7055.html

New Bt Grower Guide:
A Grower's Handbook: Controlling European Corn Borer With Bt Corn. Edited by Albert Tenuta, Extension Plant Pathologist, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

Current Status of Bt Corn Hybrids.  Kansas State University trials. 
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/ex_swao/Entomology/latest.htm

Responsible Deployment of Bt Corn Technology in Ontario
by Mark Sears and Art Schaafsma, University of Guelph
http://www.cfia-acia.agr.ca/english/plant/pbo/btweb2_e.html

Field Testing of New Agricultural Products Continues and Expands. APHIS report - BSS Biotechnology Update
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/bbep/bp/newsletter.html

University of Minnesota Extension Service bulletin:
Bioengineering takes the bite out of corn borers.
http://www.mes.umn.edu/Documents/J/N/JN1003.html

Industry Websites on Bt Corn:

Pioneer Hi-Bred & Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)/GMO Issues Update
http://www.pioneer.com/usa/gmo/default.htm

NK® Brand Bt Corn Product Information
http://www.nk.com/maxtech/btcorn/

Websites on Safety Issues for Bt Corn:

The Gene Exchange: A Public Voice on Biotechnology and Agriculture
 http://www.ucsusa.org/publications/pubs-home.html#Gene

Bt or not Bt ...
Transgenic Corn vs. Monarch Butterflies

by Barry A. Palevitz.  published in The Scientist
http://www.the-scientist.library.upenn.edu/yr1999/june/palevitz_p1_990607.html

Monarch Butterflies and Bacterial Toxins by  Neal Rolfe Chamberlain
http://www.i5ive.com/article.cfm/microbiology/21476

Attack of the killer korn kobs: Bounty harvest of transgenic crops. From the WHY files, hosted by University of Wisconsin-Madison.
http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/062ag_gene_eng/1.html

General Information on Corn:

Transgenic Crops
Charles Hagedorn, Virginia Cooperative Extension Service
http://fbox.vt.edu:10021/cals/cses/chagedor/crops.html

Corn (Zea mays) Web Sites
http://www.fhsu.edu/agriculture/cornwebsites.htm


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