This restriction was based on the possibility that a small number of people might develop an allergic reaction to the Bt protein used in StarLink that is less rapidly digested than the version used in other Bt varieties.

StarLink corn was subsequently found in food destined for consumption by humans.

Aid sent by the UN and the US to Central African nations also contained some StarLink corn.

The southern portion of the U. S. corn belt planted the greatest amount of StarLink corn.

U. S. regulatory authorities permitted the commercial sale of StarLink seed with the stipulation that crops produced must not be used for human consumption.

Sales of StarLink seed were discontinued.

* The StarLink. Org or StarLink-IRC IRC networks

Provincial Airlines operates out of the StarLink Hangar at Montreals Pierre Elliot Trudeau airport.

Yet within this limitation there is an astonishing variety: design as intricate as that in the carpet or miniature, with the melodic line like the painted or woven line often flowing into an arabesque.

In this respect experience is broader and full of a richer variety of potential meanings than the mind of man or any of his arts or culture are capable of making clear and distinct.

In the range and variety of characters who, in their literary lives, get along all right with life styles one never imagined possible, there is an implicit lesson in differentiation.

In the calm which follows the reading of a poem, for example, is the effect produced by the enforced quiet, by the musical quality of words and rhythm, by the sentiments or sense of the poem, by the associations with earlier readings, if it is familiar, by the boost to the self-esteem for the semi-literate, by the diversion of attention, by the sense of security in a legitimized withdrawal, by a kind license for some variety of fantasy life regarded as forbidden, or by half-conscious ideas about the magical power of words??

The service is brief and variety in forms of worship is practiced.

The variety of craft on the country's waters today is overwhelming.

His sense for rhythmic variety and timing is impeccable.

There is a large variety of models to choose from in most countries, however, including 6-passenger sedans and station wagons and the rental fee isn't all that much greater than for the wee sedans.

Upon consideration of the variety of soils and fabrics normally encountered in the washing process, it is little wonder that the use of a number of detergent constituents having `` synergistic '' properties has gained widespread acceptance.

The case described in this paper is that of an older man who developed disabling muscular weakness while receiving a variety of steroids for a refractory anemia.

We devote a chapter to the binomial distribution not only because it is a mathematical model for an enormous variety of real life phenomena, but also because it has important properties that recur in many other probability models.

Though there is obviously great need for continued experimentation with various types of short-term intervention to further efforts in developing an operational definition of prevention at the secondary -- or perhaps, in some instances, primary -- level, the place of short-term intervention has already been documented by a number of investigators in a wide variety of settings.

The downtown store continues to offer the great inducement of variety, both within its gates and across the street, where other department stores are immediately convenient for the shopper who wants to see what is available before making up her mind.

One reason for the unique vitality of the chorus is its great variety in expression.

`` However, evidence that the Axis powers are making significant preparations indicative of such an intention is being reported with increasing frequency from a variety of sources.

Perhaps this is a clue to the amazing variety and power of reactions, attitudes, and emotions precipitated by the nude form.

It is a collection with a custom-design look, offering simplicity with warmth, variety and vitality.

The problem becomes even more complex where an enterprise is engaged in the manufacture of a wide variety of other goods in addition to the heavy electrical equipment.

All these records have close, attractive sound and the performances by a variety of instrumentalists is characteristic.

Here, as in `` Journal '', Mr. Louis has given himself the lion's share of the dancing, and there is no doubt that he is capable of conceiving and executing a wide variety of difficult and arresting physical movements.

The song is often included in songbooks in a wide variety of religious congregations in the United States.

AAC is now used for a wide variety of speech impairments.

Bacillus thuringiensis ( or Bt ) is a Gram-positive, soil-dwelling bacterium, commonly used as a biological pesticide ; alternatively, the Cry toxin may be extracted and used as a pesticide.

The Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium published a report in March 2007 that found no evidence that pollen from Bt crops is adversely affecting bees.

For example, Bacillus thuringiensis ( Bt ) is a soil bacterium that produces a protein with insecticidal qualities.

There are several Bt toxins and each one is specific to certain target insects.

Bt corn is now commercially available in a number of countries to control corn borer ( a lepidopteran insect ), which is otherwise controlled by spraying ( a more difficult process ).

Bt corn is a variant of maize, genetically altered to express the bacterial Bt toxin, which is poisonous to insect pests.

( NA Broderick and others., 2006 ) This is contrary to the common misconception that Bt toxin kills the larvae by starvation.

* There is limited overlap between the period Bt corn sheds pollen and when caterpillars are present.

The theory behind these refuges is to slow the evolution of the pests ' resistance to the Bt pesticide.

It is anticipated resistance to Bt will evolve in the form of a recessive allele in the pest.

Since the gene is recessive, all offspring will be heterozygous, and the offspring from that mating will not be resistant to Bt and therefore no longer a threat.

The European corn borer, one of the primary insects Bt is meant to target, has been shown to be capable of developing resistance to the Bt protein.

" Attribute " is the brand name for a line of Bt sweet corn.

Lyell was knighted ( Kt ), and later made a baronet ( Bt ), which is an hereditary honour.

Since the first commercial cultivation of genetically modified plants in 1996, they have been modified to be tolerant to the herbicides glufosinate and glyphosate, to be resistant to virus damage as in Ringspot virus-resistant GM papaya, grown in Hawaii, and to produce the Bt toxin, an insecticide that is documented as non-toxic to mammals.

Bt cotton is ineffective against many cotton pests, however, such as plant bugs, stink bugs, and aphids ; depending on circumstances it may still be desirable to use insecticides against these.

This program, along with the introduction of genetically engineered Bt cotton ( which contains a bacterial gene that codes for a plant-produced protein that is toxic to a number of pests such as cotton bollworm and pink bollworm ), has allowed a reduction in the use of synthetic insecticides.