High-dose/refuge strategy: Tactic used to delay insect resistance to a genetically modified (GM) crop that involves planting non-GM plants (refuge) to produce susceptible insects. In order for the ...

In one county in England, these "super rats" have built up such resistance to certain toxins that they can consume five times as much poison as rats in other counties before dying. From insect ...

Insect and pest resistance can be developed and inserted into the plants. The plant produces toxins, which would discourage insects from eating the crop. Sterile insects could be created such as a ...