Claim · model-written summary
Benefits of aflatoxin reduction from Bt corn planting are about $120 million to $167 million per year over 16 states.
- Taxon
- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayse2
- Treatment
- Bt corn plantinge2
- Outcome
- benefits of aflatoxin reductione2
- Value
- $120 million to $167 million per yeare2
- Setting
- over 16 statese2
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Verbatim
e2“Estimated benefits of aflatoxin reduction resulting from Bt corn planting are about $120 million to $167 million per year over 16 states on average”
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
Other claims from this paper (3)
- Association Bt corn planting was inversely correlated with aflatoxin-related insurance claims in the United States, controlling for temperature and drought.
- Recommendation Bt corn use is an important strategy for reducing aflatoxin risk.
- Recommendation Bt corn hybrids may help reduce aflatoxin in regions prone to high contamination (hypothesis).