Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Genetically modified crops deserve greater ecotoxicological scrutiny

  • Published:
Ecotoxicology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Bernal JS (2010) Genetically modified crops and biological control with egg parasitoids. In: Consoli FL, Parra JRP, Zucchi RA (eds) Egg parasitoids in agroecosystems with emphasis on Trichogramma (Progress in biological control). Springer, Amsterdam (in press)

  • Bøhn T, Traavik T, Primicerio R (2010) Demographic responses of Daphnia magna fed transgenic Bt-maize. Ecotoxicology 19:419–430

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Decourtye A, Mader E, Desneux N (2010) Landscape scale enhancement of floral resources for honey bees in agro-ecosystems. Apidologie 41:264–277

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Desneux N, Decourtye A, Delpuech JM (2007) The sublethal effects of pesticides on beneficial arthropods. Annu Rev Entomol 52:81–106

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Desneux N, Ramirez-Romero R, Bokonon-Ganta AH, Bernal JS (2010). Attraction of the parasitoid Cotesia marginiventris to host frass is affected by transgenic maize. Ecotoxicology doi:10.1007/s10646-010-0502-3

  • Duan JJ, Lundgren JG, Naranjo S, Marvier M (2010) Extrapolating non-target risk of Bt crops from laboratory to field. Biol Lett 6:74–77

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • EPA US (1998) Guidelines for ecological risk assessment. Federal Register 63:26846–26924

    Google Scholar 

  • Han P, Niu CY, Lei CL, Cui JJ, Desneux N (2010) Quantification of toxins in a Cry1Ac+CpTI cotton cultivar and its potential effects on the honey bee Apis mellifera L. Ecotoxicology. doi:10.1007/s10646-010-0530-z

  • Landis DA, Wratten SD, Gurr GM (2000) Habitat management to conserve natural enemies of arthropod pests in agriculture. Annu Rev Entomol 45:175–201

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Li YH, Romeis J (2009) Impact of snowdrop lectin (Galanthus nivalis agglutinin; GNA) on adults of the green lacewing, Chrysoperla carnea. J Insect Physiol 55:135–142

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Lovei GL, Andow DA, Arpaia S (2009) Transgenic insecticidal crops and natural enemies: a detailed review of laboratory studies. Environ Entomol 38:293–306

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Perkins JH (1982) Insects, experts, and the insecticide crisis: the quest for new pest management strategies. Plenum Press, New York, p 304

    Google Scholar 

  • Ramirez-Romero R, Chaufaux J, Pham-Delègue MH (2005) Effects of Cry1Ab protoxin, deltamethrin and imidacloprid on the foraging activity and the learning performances of the honeybee Apis mellifera, a comparative approach. Apidologie 36:601–611

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Ramirez-Romero R, Desneux N, Decourtye A, Chaffiol A, Pham-Delegue MH (2008) Does CrylAb protein affect learning performances of the honey bee Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera, Apidae)? Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 70:327–333

    Google Scholar 

  • Romeis J, Bartsch D, Bigler F et al (2008) Assessment of risk of insect-resistant transgenic crops to non-target arthropods. Nat Biotechnol 26:203–208

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Sanders CJ, Pell JK, Poppy GM, Raybould A, Garcia-Alonso M, Schuler TH (2007) Host-plant mediated effects of transgenic maize on the insect parasitoid Campoletis sonorensis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Biol Control 40:362–369

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Stark JD, Banks JE (2003) Population-level effects of pesticides and other toxicants on arthropods. Annu Rev Entomol 48:505–519

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Then C (2010) Risk assessment of toxins derived from Bacillus thuringiensis-synergism, efficacy, and selectivity. Environ Sci Pollut Res 17:791–797

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Wolfenbarger LL, Naranjo SE, Lundgren JG, Bitzer RJ, Watrud LS (2008) Bt crop effects on functional guilds of non-target arthropods: a meta-analysis. PLoS ONE 3:e2118

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

We are very grateful to Joerg Romeis (Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART) who provided valuable suggestions on the letter. We thank the Editor-in-Chief for the invitation to submit this letter to Ecotoxicology.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Unité de Recherches Intégrées en Horticulture, INRA, 400 route des chappes, 06903, Sophia-Antipolis, France

    Nicolas Desneux

  2. Department of Entomology, Biological Control Laboratory, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-2475, USA

    Julio S. Bernal

Authors
  1. Nicolas Desneux
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Julio S. Bernal
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Nicolas Desneux.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Desneux, N., Bernal, J.S. Genetically modified crops deserve greater ecotoxicological scrutiny. Ecotoxicology 19, 1642–1644 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-010-0550-8

Download citation

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-010-0550-8

Keywords

Search

Navigation