ASIAN corn borer (Ostrinia furnacalis) that destroys ordinary corn crops in the Philippines remain susceptible to or die when they eat the insect-resistant genetically modified Bacillus thuringiensis corn. This was the result of a study made by a team of scientists, led by Dr. Edwin Alcantara of the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna. Members of the team are Drs. Arnold Estrada and Victor Alpuerto of Monsanto Philippines Inc., and Graham Head of Monsanto Llc. in the United States. “So far, no field-evolved ACB resistance has been detected after almost 10 years of Bt corn adoption,” Searca Biotech Information Center said in a press release.