[Market-farming] corn gluten
Bill Shoemaker
wshoemak at inil.com
Thu Jan 31 14:35:05 EST 2008
Technically, it isn't "proportions" that make GMO corn different. It's
usually only one gene that codes for something non-GMO corn would not
produce. So the GMO corn is proportionally the same as non-GMO corn. What
distinguishes it is the presence of a novel substance or the lack of a
substance expected in non-GMO corn. In the case of Bt corn, which is
genetically engineered to be resistant to European corn borer and other moth
larvae, the Bt gene produces a toxin that would not be found in non-GMO
corn. The toxin poisons the larvae of lepidopteran insects which feed on
the corn.
Bill Shoemaker, Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
University of Illinois - St Charles Horticulture Research Center
www.nres.uiuc.edu/faculty/directory/shoemaker_wh.html
> Isn't GMO corn chemically the same as any other corn, only with slightly
> different proportions? I would think so. After all, if grown
> organically,
> it's made with the same soil nutrients and sunshine as any other organic
> corn, its just had its DNA programmed to arrange those nutrients
> differently.
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