Claim · model-written summary
Bt corn planting was inversely correlated with aflatoxin-related insurance claims in the United States, controlling for temperature and drought.
- Taxon
- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayse1 - Treatment
- Bt corn plantinge1
- Outcome
- aflatoxin-related insurance claimse1
- Direction
- inverse correlatione1
- Qualifier
- controlling for temperature and droughte1
- Setting
- United Statese1
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Verbatim
e1“We found that from 2001-2016, a significant inverse correlation existed between Bt corn planting and aflatoxin-related insurance claims in the United States, when controlling for temperature and drought”
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)
- Observation Benefits of aflatoxin reduction from Bt corn planting are about $120 million to $167 million per year over 16 states.
- 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).