BT CORN

Domain	Definition
Biology & Biotechnology	A maize variety genetically modified to express the insecticidal protein that occurs naturally in Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). Source: European Union. (references)
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Bt corn is a variant of corn (aka maize), genetically altered by methods of biotechnology to become poisonous for insects. This was achieved by inserting a gene from the soil-dwelling microorganism Bacillus thuringiensis (thus Bt) into the corn genome. This gene codes for a toxin that will crystallize in the digestive tract of insect larvae, leading to its starvation.

While announced as an outstanding example for green biotechnology by the industry, a study from Cornell University in New York suggested that Bt corn might be poisonous to monarch butterfly larvae. Later studies showed that the extreme conditions of the study could not really occur in nature.

In 2001 Bt176 varieties were withdrawn from the list of approved varieties by the competent US authorities.[1]

Crosswords: BT CORN

Specialty definitions using "BT CORN": Bt ♦ Genetically Modified Organisms. (references)

Subject	Topic	Quote
Political Economy	AUSTRIA	Austria has gone even further than its EU partners: Novartis corn and Monsanto BT corn, approved by the European Commission, are not permitted in Austria. (references)
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Expression using "BT CORN": genetically engineered Bt corn. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "BT CORN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
French		maïs Bt (Bt maize, genetically engineered Bt corn). (various references)

Pig Latin		btay orncay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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	Words within the letters "b-c-n-o-r-t"
	-1 letter: bronc.
	-2 letters: born, bort, corn, torc, torn.
	-3 letters: bot, bro, cob, con, cor, cot, nob, nor, not, orb, orc, ort, rob, roc, rot, ton, tor.
	-4 letters: bo, no, on, or, to.
	Words containing the letters "b-c-n-o-r-t"
	+2 letters: corybant.
	+3 letters: baronetcy, buckthorn, carbonate, corybants, curbstone, incubator, obscurant, thornback.
	+4 letters: abreaction, beachfront, benefactor, biocontrol, blackthorn, bronchitic, bronchitis, buccinator, buckthorns, carbonated, carbonates, contraband, contrabass, contribute, corybantes, corybantic, counterbid, curbstones, incubators, incubatory, obscurants, procumbent, thornbacks.
	+5 letters: abreactions, absorptance, abstraction, arborescent, backcountry, bacteriocin, baronetcies, beachfronts, benedictory, benefactors, bicarbonate, bifurcation, biocontrols, blackthorns, brachiation, brecciation, buccinators, cabinetwork, calibration, carbonating, carbonation, carburetion, celebration, centerboard, cerebration, combinatory, construable, contrabands, contributed, contributes, contributor, conurbation, convertible, convertibly, corroborant, counterbade, counterbids, counterblow, cybernation, decarbonate, embrocation, exorbitance, fabrication, fibronectin, imbrication, lubrication, lucubration, multicarbon, nonabstract, obscurantic, obscuration, obstructing, obstruction, recombinant, reobjecting, rubrication, subcontract, subcontrary, subtraction.
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BT CORN

Specialty Definition: BT CORN

Biology & Biotechnology

Specialty Definition: Bt corn

Crosswords: BT CORN

Non-Fiction Usage: BT CORN

Political Economy

AUSTRIA

Expression: BT CORN

Modern Translation: BT CORN

French

Pig Latin

Anagrams: BT CORN

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