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Document type

Peer-reviewed journal article

GE organism

cotton, potato, maize

GE trait

insect resistance

Country

Results

Safety for environment

no effect

Evaluation by the United States Environmental Protection Agency of pesticidal substances produced in plants Review Article

LaSota, LR
Field Crops Research. 1996 May. 45(3-Jan):181–186

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DOI: 10.1016/0378-4290(95)00070-4

Abstract

The legislative mandates and proposed scope of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) regulation of pesticides produced in plants are described. The first three Experimental Use Permits (EUPs) granted by EPA for field testing of plant-pesticides were for delta endotoxins from Bacillus thuringiensis expressed in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) and maize (Zea mays L.). In each instance, an environmental-fate assessment by the Agency found no significant risk of gene expression beyond the spatial and temporal limits of the proposed field tests.

Keywords

Endotoxin; Field trials; Pesticide regulation; Risk assessment; Transgenic plants

Funding

Funding source

Environmental Protection Agency

Funding country

United States

Funding type

government

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MLA

LaSota, LR. "Evaluation by the United States Environmental Protection Agency of pesticidal substances produced in plants." Field Crops Research 45.3-Jan (1996): 181–186. Web. 20 Apr. 2024.

APA

LaSota, LR. (1996). Evaluation by the United States Environmental Protection Agency of pesticidal substances produced in plants. Field Crops Research, 45(3-Jan), 181–186. doi:10.1016/0378-4290(95)00070-4

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