Not the usual suspects: Novel genetic basis of pest resistance to biotech crops

A study reveals a novel genetic basis of resistance to transgenic crops in the corn earworm. To gain protection from this pest, crop plants had been genetically engineered to produce proteins from the common bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis, or Bt. 

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