Claim · model-written summary
Nabis sp. contained no or negligible field toxin even with pollen or mites present.
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e0“some predators in the field (hemerobiids, Nabis sp., Hippodamia sp., Demetrias sp.) contained no or negligible toxin levels even when pollen or spider mites were present”
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 Chrysoperla 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 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.