![The eggplant contains a natural protein from the soil bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), which makes it resistant to the eggplant fruit and shoot borer (EFSB). (Image source: Adobe Stock)](/images/AdobeStock_209014071.jpeg)
The eggplant contains a natural protein from the soil bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), which makes it resistant to the eggplant fruit and shoot borer (EFSB). (Image source: Adobe Stock)
A statement by the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) announced that Philippines had officially granted regulatory approval for the commercial cultivation of Bt eggplant, becoming the second country after Bangladesh to approve the splicing of a pest-resistant gene taken from the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) bacterium into the well-known vegetable