Mirid Bug Outbreaks in Multiple Crops Correlated with Wide-Scale Adoption of Bt Cotton in China

By Yanhui Lu, Kongming Wu, Yu-ying Jiang, B. Xia, Ping Li, H. Feng, Kris A. G. Wyckhuys, Yuyuan Guo. Science, 2010

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Subfields: Insect Science, Molecular Biology, Plant Science

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In Insect Science

1. Jörg Romeis
2. J. Ruberson
3. Felix L. Wäckers
4. Dawn M. Olson
5. Glenn Stone
6. M. Qaim
7. S. Naranjo
8. G. Heimpel

In Molecular Biology

1. Glenn Stone
2. S. Kouser
3. M. Qaim
4. Jörg Romeis
5. J. Ruberson
6. Felix L. Wäckers
7. Dawn M. Olson
8. S. Naranjo

In Plant Science

1. Glenn Stone
2. S. Kouser
3. Jörg Romeis
4. M. Qaim
5. J. Ruberson
6. Dawn M. Olson
7. Felix L. Wäckers
8. S. Naranjo

Citations in the corpus

• Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being (2016, neutral): “Moreover, the emergence of secondary outbreaks of non-target pests or primary pest resistance can lead to a resumption of pesticide use 86,87 .”
• No scientific consensus on GMO safety (2015, neutral): “to Bt toxins has emerged in target pests [42], and problems with secondary (non-target) pests have been noted, for example, in Bt cotton in China [43,44].”
• Resistance Mechanisms Against Arthropod Herbivores in Cotton and Their Interactions with Natural Enemies (2013, background): “An example is the increased crop damage attributed to plant and stink bugs in Bt cotton (Naranjo et al., 2008; Lu et al., 2008, 2010).”
• Sustainability and innovation in staple crop production in the US Midwest (2014, background): “The number of cultivars on offer in seed catalogues may not represent the actual genetic diversity available, even if it may be a possible measure of product innovation (Magnier et al. 2010).”
• Field versus Farm in Warangal: Bt Cotton, Higher Yields, and Larger Questions (2011, background): “" Lu et al. (2010) find the spread of Bt cotton in northern China to correlate with mirid outbreaks in multiple crops.”
• Impact of Bt cotton on pesticide poisoning in smallholder agriculture: A panel data analysis (2011, background): “…studies that point at negative environmental externalities of Bt cotton, including unintended effects on nontarget organisms and other ecosystem disruptions, which could undermine the technology's sustainability (Andow and Hilbeck, 2004; Gutierrez et al., 2006; Lu et al., 2010; Pemsl et al., 2008).”