Additional trivia about our “modern corn” from the following link:
https://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe70s/crops_01.html
“Modern corn would not survive as a species without human intervention – the cobs are so packed with seeds and surrounded by such tight husks that the plant itself can’t propagate its own seeds. Humans have to break the cobs off the stalks, husk the cobs, break the kernels off the cob and plant the seeds — otherwise the species would die out.”

“Despite concerns about its impact on the environment, Bt corn now has 750,000 hectares of Philippine land devoted to it. According to Greenpeace Southeast Asia spokesman Daniel Ocampo, no GMO application has ever been rejected, which is rather shocking given the controversy over their use.”

Twenty six countries now ban the use of GMO’s.

And in addition, the Philippines” has allowed the importation of sixty genetically modified plants and plant products for direct use as food and feed or for processing, an additional eight GM plant varieties for propagation, and twenty-one modified plant varieties for field testing in Philippine soil. ”

From an article in a joint publication of TheNation.com and Foreign Policy in Focus, Oct 29, 2013 “Twenty-Six Countries Ban GMOs—Why Won’t the US?” by Walden Bello