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Parasitoid behaviour and Bt plants

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  • Tanja H. Schuler

    (Institute of Arable Crops Research Rothamsted, Harpenden)

  • Roel P. J. Potting

    (Institute of Arable Crops Research Rothamsted, Harpenden)

  • Ian Denholm

    (Institute of Arable Crops Research Rothamsted, Harpenden)

  • Guy M. Poppy

    (Institute of Arable Crops Research Rothamsted, Harpenden)

Abstract

Transgenic crops that express genes targeted against insect pests may also affect non-target insects. For example, lacewings1 and monarch butterflies2 have been reported to be susceptible to toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) that are expressed in Bt transgenic plants, although these results were obtained in small-scale laboratory assays in which insects were exposed to high levels of transgenically expressed toxin in no-choice tests. We show here that the behaviour of non-target insects can also play a part in determining how their populations will be affected by Bt plants.

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  • Tanja H. Schuler & Roel P. J. Potting & Ian Denholm & Guy M. Poppy, 1999. "Parasitoid behaviour and Bt plants," Nature, Nature, vol. 400(6747), pages 825-826, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:400:y:1999:i:6747:d:10.1038_23605
    DOI: 10.1038/23605
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    1. Gregor Devine & Michael Furlong, 2007. "Insecticide use: Contexts and ecological consequences," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 24(3), pages 281-306, September.

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