Pesticide problems

Herbicide resistant crops:
Glyphosate resistant GM cotton volunteers are complicating pest and disease management in Australia, FarmOnline April 2007
Glyphosate resistant weed problems emerge for GM soya growers in Brazil, Rural TV, Brazil, 14 January.2007
Glyphosate resistant pigweed spreads in US GM crops, Farm Press, 27 September 2006
Two glyphosate-resistant weeds associated with GM soya reported in Argentian and Brazil, Agrenco News, August 28, 2006
Weed resistance to Roundup continues to spread following the introduction of GM Roundup-Ready cotton crops - Associated Press, 8 July 2006
Glyphosate resistance spreads with use of Roundup Ready crops
No quick cures for glyphosate-resistant weeds - Delta Farm Press, 27 September 2005
Tennessee Researchers Confirm Glyphosate-Resistant Pigweed - Business Journal, 24 September 2005
Glyphosate-tolerant pigweed confirmed in West Tennessee - Delta Farm Press, 23 September 2005
GM weedkiller use increases - Farmers Weekly, October 2004
US Hits Volunteer RR Corn Problem - Farmers Weekly, September 2004
Argentina's bitter GM harvest, New Scientist 17 April 2004
USDA data shows GM crops generally do not reduce pesticide use
GLYPHOSATE-RESISTANT WATERHEMP MOVES INTO THE CORN BELT
'Glyphosate resistance dominates weed science meetings' - Successful Farming, December 6, 2002
Syngenta web site on GM crop resistance problems - click here
USDA Report Exposes GM Crop Economic Myths
UK Farming Establishment Knowingly Supports Unscientific GM Trials
'Welsh Farmer' - Flaws in GM crop trials - Feb 2002
Herbicide tolerant varieties have modestly increased herbicide use - Royal Society of Chemistry paper
Problems with Canola GE volunteers getting worse each year
'GM volunteer canoloa causes havoc' - Article - Monsanto forced to resort to hand weeding
Roundup Ready corn in the US has lead to an increase in herbicide usage on corn (maize) crops
GM fields spread new superweeds - Sunday Times
Disease and pestlience hits Missouri as GM soy expands
Monsanto gears up for special chemical mixtures against GM 'superweeds'
GM oilseed rape in Canada 'impossible to control' - CBC News report
ISU Weed Science Online - Are RR weeds in your future?
"Herbicide Impact on Fusarium spp. and Soybean Cyst Nematode in Glyphosate-Tolerant Soybean"
Soya realities expose GM hype - yields down, pesticides up
GM rape heading for agronomic scrap heap?
Cross-Pollination Leads to Triple Herbicide Resistance ISB News Report
Pollen flow between herbicide tolerant canola (Brassica napus)  is the cause of multiple resistant canola volunteers WSSA Abstracts, 2000 Meeting of the Weed Society of America, Volume 40, 2000
Roundup hits resistant weeds in US
US data reveals UK GM trials unscientific
Glyphosate treated GM soy regime impact on soil micro-organisms
"Weed Shift Worries" - GM farmers trade one weed problem for another - "Progressive Farmer" article
How much do we actually need GMOs? - Meeting of the Association of Formulation Chemists, Orlando, Sept 2000
GM Rape Changes Character - Gene Silencing - herbicide resistance lost
General Agronomic Problems With GM Cotton
GM Weed Shift Worries - Progressive Farmer, June 12, 2000
New Scientist on RR cotton volunteers problem
Sugar beet study exposes media manipulation by GM industry
Back to Back Roundup Ready Threatens Boll Weevil Control
GM Rape fails to perform as study reveals erroneous basis for UK fieldscale trials
First multiple HT GM gene-flow discovered in UK OSR trials
GENETIC ENGINEERING DOES NOT YIELD PESTICIDE REDUCTION - WWF report
NLP commentary on University of Kentucky Study showing no yield or cost benefits from Roundup Ready Corn
No yield or cost benefits from Roundup Ready Corn - University of Kentucky Study
Herbicide applications increase with Roundup Ready soya- Wisconsin study short summary
Complex nine point management plan required for herbicide resistant Canola volunteers
Triple-resistant canola weeds found in Alta., February 10, 2000
Canola - problems with herbicide resistance crop in canada
The failings of herbcide resistant crops
Monsanto approach to sustainability
Biodiversity impact of herbicide resistant crops - Iowa State University0
Briefing paper on agronomic and other problems associated with gm Oilseed Rape
Evidence of 'superweed' persistance
Weed resistance problems in Roundup Ready crops - Iowa State University
More weed resistance problems in Roundup Ready crops - Iowa State University
Promiscuity in transgenic plants - Iowa State University
See photo of surviving volunteer GM canola plants in Canada after spraying with Roundup!

Insecticidal crops:

Bt GM technology is proving ineffective in control root worms in the US, The News-Gazette 13 July 2007
Bollworms feeding on Bt cotton in Arkansas, Delta Farm Press, July 28, 2006
No pesticide savings for Bt cotton as growers in China lose money, Newswise, 25 July 2006
Problems persist with inadequately tested Bt Cotton varieties in India - Financial Express, India, 5 June 2006
Bt Cotton in US fails to improve biodiversity, Scientific American, 2 May 2006
India Government Admits Bt Cotton Crop Failures - The Times of India, 1 December 2005
Scientists Confirm Failures of Bt-Crops - ISIS, September 2005
Problems with GM Bt cotton in China - Reuters June 2004
GM Cotton Damages Environment In China - Xinhuanet report
Crop failure and major   husbandry problems with Monsanto's Bt cotton in India
GM crops under fire after Bt cotton venture fails in India
GM plants no panacea - Monsanto Admits to Bt crop problems - New Scientist Report
USDA Report Exposes GM Crop Economic Myths
Australian farmers advised to spray where Bt Cotton fails to control target pest
Insecticides Still Used Despite Biotech
Bt cotton fails in Indonesia
Study Questions Widespread Use of Bt Corn
Integrated Pest Management pays off as GM hits problems - Cotton World
Pupae problems hit Bt cotton in Australia
Early resistance of Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) to Bacillus thuringiensis and its relation to the effect of transgenic cotton lines expressing BT toxin on the insect
Development and characterization of diamondback moth resistance to transgenic broccoli expressing high levels of Cry1C
Bt cotton strain loses resistance to other pest - Journal of Cotton Science
Lethal effects of Bt corn on Monarch Butterfly
How much do we actually need GMOs? - Meeting of the Association of Formulation Chemists, Orlando, Sept 2000
Bt cotton pest resistance problems
General Agronomic Problems With GM Cotton
Transgenic Oilseed Rape line unexpectedly increases growth of crop pest
Risks associated with Genetically Modified (GM) Baculovirus Vectors to Control Insect Pests
Bt GM Cotton less profitable than conventional Cotton as 'stink bugs' hit back
EPA Restricts Planting of Biotech Corn - Jan 2000
Novartis GM Bt maize needs additional pesticides
No economic benefit to farmers from Bt corn - University of Purdue
GM pest technology collapsing - BBC (May 99)
Bt corn refuges proposed to increase to minimum 50% in southern US to fight GM pest technology breakdown (April 99)
Problems with Bt corn including up to 40% Non-Bt-Corn Refuges to slow GM technology breakdown - University of Illinois Review
Novartis desperate to prevent GM Bt corn crop obsolescence
Monsanto cuts price of GM cotton seed and withdraws value guarantee after two years of "mixed results"
Nearly 1 million acres of Bt Cotton crop in the U.S. attacked by bollworms
Bt Cotton still needs insecticide applications
Bt-spliced "NatureGuard" potatoes suffer from severe plant virus damage
EPA Requires Large Bt Refuges
Flaws in Bt cotton resistance management programme
Purdue University News on gm generated pesticide failures
Bt gm crops require more complex management from farmers
Problems with GM Bt insect resistance in cotton and maize
Problems with GM Bt insect resistance in maize
Monsanto's complex crop management requirements for growers to try and stop rapid pest resistance build-up in GM cotton

Viral resistance crops:

Big Isle virus resistant papaya crops tainted
Risks associated with virus resistant plants as identified by Monsanto and USDA
Special risks with field scale environmental releases of GMOs
Viral risk from GMOs
Viral danger from GM crops confirmed - John Innes Study details
Special risks from the Cauliflower Mosaic Virus promoter in transgenic crops

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