Abstract
Effect of transgenic crops on biodiversity is one of important environmental issues Concerned experimental reports have been published recently It was reported by Xia Jingyuan et al that transgenic Bt cotton in field trial harms seriously the parasitic rate, emergence rate and quality of cocoon of Campoletis chlorideae and Microplitis sp ,and the dominant parasitic natural enemies of the larvae of bollworm ( Helicoverpa armigera ) Results on convincible experiments were published by entomologists, especially Losey's et al results that transgenic pollen harms monarch larvae in his laboratory assay, published on Nature (399: 214, 20 May, 1999), caused strong repercussions worldwide The U S government hold uncompromising stand on the effect of GMOs on potential ecological risks and public health, started to become flexible USDA Secretary announced a new biotechnology advisory committee that will bring advice from a wide range of biotech stakeholders Two U S processing companies that represent nearly half of the U S corn processing market, announced that they will no longer accept transgenic corn varieties that are not approved by the EU EU announced on May 21, the next day after publishing of Losey′s paper, that it would freeze its approval pending further investigation UK recently announced it would wait 3 years before approving crops with built in Bt; Austria, Luxembourg and Norway have banned the corn in spite of EU approval; Greece voted against the EU approval Scientific and technological circles and the public opinions vary Related Ministries and Agencies in our country have to pay enough attention, especially to strengthen the studies on the effect of GMOs on the potential ecological risks and public health and the monitoring after release of GMOs in the commercialized scale
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Claims 3
Claim · model-written summary
A cited field trial reported harm from transgenic Bt cotton to parasitoid performance.
- Taxon
- cotton
Gossypium hirsutume0 - Treatment
- transgenic Bt cottone0
- Interactor
- Campoletis chlorideaeCampoletis chlorideaee0other
- Outcome
- parasitic rate, emergence rate and quality of cocoone0
- Direction
- harms seriouslye0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“transgenic Bt cotton in field trial harms seriously the parasitic rate, emergence rate and quality of cocoon of Campoletis chlorideae and Microplitis sp”
Claim · model-written summary
A cited laboratory assay reported that transgenic pollen harmed monarch larvae.
- Taxon
- transgenic cropst0
- Treatment
- transgenic pollene0
- Interactor
- monarch larvaee0herbivore
- Outcome
- monarch larvaee0
- Direction
- harmse0
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Verbatim
e0“transgenic pollen harms monarch larvae in his laboratory assay”
t0“transgenic crops”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend stronger study and postrelease monitoring of GMO ecological and public health risks.
Verbatim
e0“strengthen the studies on the effect of GMOs on the potential ecological risks and public health and the monitoring after release of GMOs in the commercialized scale”
t0“transgenic crops”