In 1995, Monsanto introduced the NewLeaf variety of potato designed to resist attack from the Colorado potato beetle due to the insertion of Bt toxin producing genes from the bacterium "Bacillus thuringiensis".
In 1995, Monsanto introduced the NewLeaf variety of potato which was their first genetically modified crop. It wass designed to resist attack from the Colorado potato beetle due to the insertion of Bt toxin producing genes from the bacterium "Bacillus thuringiensis".