Claim · model-written summary
Bt toxin reached Chrysoperla spp. when pollen or spider mites were available.
- Taxon
- Chrysoperla spp.
Chrysoperlae0 - Outcome
- Bt toxin can be transferrede0
- Qualifier
- when Bt maize pollen or spider mites were availablee0
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Verbatim
e0“Data confirmed that the Bt toxin can be transferred to predators, that is to say to Orius spp., Chrysoperla spp., and Stethorus sp. This only applied when Bt maize pollen or spider mites were available.”
Title
Exposure of arthropod predators to Cry1Ab toxin in Bt maize fields
L. B. Obrist; A. Dutton; R. Albajes; et al. Ecological Entomology 2006. doi:10.1111/j.0307-6946.2006.00762.x
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Observation Aphids had negligible toxin compared with spider mites.
- Observation Thrips had negligible toxin compared with spider mites.
- Observation Leafhoppers had negligible toxin compared with spider mites.
- Observation Spider mites occurred only after pollen shed and had three times greater toxin than Bt maize leaves.
- Observation Bt toxin reached Orius spp. when pollen or spider mites were available.
- Observation Bt toxin reached Stethorus sp. when pollen or spider mites were available.
- Observation Laboratory feeding confirmed toxin passage to O. majusculus via pollen and spider mites.
- Observation Hemerobiids contained no or negligible field toxin even with pollen or mites present.
- Observation Nabis sp. contained no or negligible field toxin even with pollen or mites present.
- Observation Hippodamia sp. contained no or negligible field toxin even with pollen or mites present.
- Observation Demetrias sp. contained no or negligible field toxin even with pollen or mites present.