Decomposition of transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis maize by microorganisms and woodlice Porcellio scaber (Crustacea: Isopoda).

By Natalie Escher, B. Käch, Wolfgang Nentwig. 2000

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Subfields: Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science

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Another View on Bt Proteins - How Specific are They and What Else Might They Do? (2006, background): “Similarly, reported effects of Cry1Ab on the detritivorous woodlouse, Porcellio scaber were mostly discussed in the context of nutritional quality of transgenic Bt plants (Escher et al., 2000; Wandeler et al., 2002), although Wandeler et al.”
Transgenic Bt maize and Rhopalosiphum padi (Hom., Aphididae) performance (2004, background): “Escher et al. (2000) compared some nutritional parameters in leaves of a Bt maize variety with its isogenic variety and reported that the nutritional quality of transgenic maize leaves was better than that of the non-transgenic variety, and the nitrogen content was slightly but consistently higher…”
Ecological Effects of Transgenic Crops and the Escape of Transgenes into Wild Populations (2004, background): “Second, transgenic crops could affect plant tissue quality (e.g., lignin or cellulose content) (Escher et al. 2000; Hopkins et al. 2001; for review, see Halpin & Boerjan 2003) and therefore affect tissue decomposition rates.”
Effects of transgenic plants on soil microorganisms (2005, background): “Unintentional characteristics may also occur in plant tissues and root exudates of transgenic plants, e.g. significant differences have been observed in the contents of fructose and soluble carbohydrates between transgenic plants and the parental plants (Escher et al., 2000).”
Effects of genetically modified plants on microbial communities and processes in soil (2003, methodology): “CLPP has been shown to be a useful tool for detecting changes in microbial community response to plants (Donegan et al. 1999; Dunfield and Germida 2001 ), but is limited by its reliance on bacterial cultivation and perhaps has limited relevance to the soil ecosystem.”
Assessing changes in soil microbial communities and carbon mineralization in Bt and non-Bt corn residue-amended soils (2007, background): “Thus, the chemical composition of Bt corn varieties may not differ greatly from non-Bt varieties, which may partly explain contradictory results reported in other studies involving residue decomposition (Escher et al., 2000; Saxena and Stotzky, 2001b).”
Field decomposition of transgenic Bt maize residue and the impact on non-target soil invertebrates (2007, background): “…effects of Cry1Ab Bt maize on soil organisms such as bacteria, protozoa, nematodes, collembolans, woodlice, and earthworms (Sims and Martin 1997; Escher et al. 2000; Saxena and Stotzky 2001a; Clark and Coats 2006; Clark et al. 2006; Heckmann et al. 2006), other studies have shown adverse…”
The release of genetically modified crops into the environment. Part II. Overview of ecological risk assessment. (2003, background): “carbon and nitrogen content) in GM plants during the process of producing GM crops are common (e.g. Donegan et al., 1995; 1997; Escher et al., 2000), and may result from (minor) metabolic changes due to mutational events from transgene insertion or somaclonal changes induced during the tissue cultur”
A Comparison of Soil Microbial Community Structure, Protozoa and Nematodes in Field Plots of Conventional and Genetically Modified Maize Expressing the Bacillus thuringiens is CryIAb Toxin (2005, background): “Differences were seen in the decomposition of Bt maize (CryIAb; Escher et al., 2000) but no effects of Bt maize on populations of earthworms, nematodes, protozoa or microbes (CryIAb; Saxena and Stotsky, 2001) or any direct effects of the consumption of Bt crops or exposure to Bt toxin on a soil…”