11.   Reengineered Bt genes, when inserted into corn plants, produce a protein highly toxic to insects that can harm crops.

12.   This allows farmers to use more of the herbicide to control weeds without harming their crops.

13.   Other parts of Iran, meanwhile, are struggling from a three-year regional drought that has harmed crops and forced water rationing in many cities.

14.   And one sample contained a commonly inserted gene that prompts the plant to produce a poison effective against the European corn borer, a pest that can harm crops.

15.   Coffee and plantain crops were badly harmed, FEMA said.

16.   Deficits continued in production of rice and wheat, he said, noting that heavy rains and flooding had harmed crops along the Zambezi River in central Mozambique.

17.   Cutting damaged cane by machine could harm the crop even more.

18.   Soybeans climbed on continuing concerns that dry weather in South America could harm the crop in the prime growing regions of Argentina and southern Brazil.

19.   Soybean futures prices edged higher in early trading today on the Chicago Board of Trade amid concerns over dry weather that could harm the crop in Argentina.

20.   The crucial sugar crop was severely harmed, sugar ministry officials confirmed this week.