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Study Type
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GE organism
  • tobacco, maize, cotton, potato
GE trait
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Economic, ecological, food safety, and social consequences of the deployment of bt transgenic plants Review Article

Shelton, AM; Zhao, JZ; Roush, RT
Annual Review of Entomology. 2002 January. 47(845-881

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PMID: 11729093 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.47.091201.145309 ISSN: 0066-4170

Abstract

Transgenic plants expressing insecticidal proteins from the bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), are revolutionizing agriculture. Bt, which had limited use as a foliar insecticide, has become a major insecticide because genes that produce Bt toxins have been engineered into major crops grown on 11.4 million ha worldwide in 2000. Based on the data collected to date, generally these crops have shown positive economic benefits to growers and reduced the use of other insecticides. The potential ecological and human health consequences of Bt plants, including effects on nontarget organisms, food safety, and the development of resistant insect populations, are being compared for Bt plants and alternative insect management strategies. Scientists do not have full knowledge of the risks and benefits of any insect management strategies. Bt plants were deployed with the expectation that the risks would be lower than current or alternative technologies and that the benefits would be greater. Based on the data to date, these expectations seem valid.

Keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis, transgenic plants, biotechnology, insect

Funding

Funding source
  • Cornell University
  • The University of Adelaide
Funding country
  • United States
  • Australia
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  • government
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MLA

Shelton, AM, JZ Zhao, RT Roush. "Economic, ecological, food safety, and social consequences of the deployment of bt transgenic plants." Annual Review of Entomology 47. (2002): 845-881. Web. 29 Mar. 2024.

APA

Shelton, AM., Zhao, JZ., & Roush, RT. (2002). Economic, ecological, food safety, and social consequences of the deployment of bt transgenic plants. Annual Review of Entomology, 47(), 845-881. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.47.091201.145309

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