Recommendationmodel-written summary

Bt corn hybrids may help reduce aflatoxin in regions prone to high contamination (hypothesis).

A claim from The Impact of Bt Corn on Aflatoxin-Related Insurance Claims in the United States · 2020

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Claim · model-written summary

Bt corn hybrids may help reduce aflatoxin in regions prone to high contamination (hypothesis).

Outcome
reducing aflatoxin in areas prone to high aflatoxin contaminatione4

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Zea mays subsp. mays
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“If the same principles hold true in other world regions, then Bt corn hybrids adapted to diverse agronomic regions may have a role in reducing aflatoxin in areas prone to high aflatoxin contamination, and where corn is a dietary staple”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 822–1057

Title

The Impact of Bt Corn on Aflatoxin-Related Insurance Claims in the United States

Jina Yu; David A. Hennessy; Felicia Wu Scientific Reports 2020. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-66955-1

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