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The microbial insecticide Bt is a concentrated formulation bacterium that kills the caterpillar stage of moths and butterflies. The active ingredients are spores and toxic crystals produced by the naturally occurring bacteria, Bacillus thuringiensis.
Bt GM (genetically modified) crops. Since 1996 plants have been modified with short sequences of genes from Bt to express the crystal protein Bt makes. With this method, plants themselves can produce the proteins and protect themselves from insects without any external Bt and/or synthetic pesticide sprays. In 1999, 29 million acres of Bt corn, potato and cotton were grown globally.