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Widespread adoption of Bt cotton and insecticide decrease promotes biocontrol services

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  • Yanhui Lu

    (State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193 China)

  • Kongming Wu

    (State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193 China)

  • Yuying Jiang

    (National Agro-Technical Extension and Service Center, Beijing, 100026 China)

  • Yuyuan Guo

    (State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100193 China)

  • Nicolas Desneux

    (French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), UMR1355-ISA, 400 route des chappes, 06903 Sophia-Antipolis, France)

Abstract

The widespread use of Bt crops reduces the outbreaks of certain targeted pests and the need for insecticide use, leading to enhanced biocontrol of other potential pest species in the Bt crops; neighbouring non-Bt crops may also benefit.

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  • Yanhui Lu & Kongming Wu & Yuying Jiang & Yuyuan Guo & Nicolas Desneux, 2012. "Widespread adoption of Bt cotton and insecticide decrease promotes biocontrol services," Nature, Nature, vol. 487(7407), pages 362-365, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:487:y:2012:i:7407:d:10.1038_nature11153
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11153
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    1. Qing Yang & Jinping Liu & Yizhong Yang & Yanhui Lu, 2022. "Transcriptome Analysis of Propylaea quatuordecimpunctata L. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) under High Temperature Stress," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-16, July.
    2. Fernandez-Cornejo, Jorge & Livingston, Michael J. & Mitchell, Lorraine & Wechsler, Seth, 2014. "Genetically Engineered Crops in the United States," Economic Research Report 164263, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    3. Shahzad Kouser & David J Spielman & Matin Qaim, 2019. "Transgenic cotton and farmers’ health in Pakistan," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(10), pages 1-19, October.
    4. Chellattan Veettil, Prakashan & Krishna, Vijesh V. & Qaim, Matin, 2014. "Bt Cotton and Ecosystem Impacts of Pesticide Reductions," GlobalFood Discussion Papers 180977, Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen, GlobalFood, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development.

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