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Kongming Wu

• Widespread adoption of Bt cotton and insecticide decrease promotes biocontrol services

  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

  • 19/07/2012

  • Nature
  • • Bt Cotton
    • Pest Control
    • Insecticide
    • Biosafety
    • China
    • Maize
    • Soyabean
    • Groundnut
    • Biological PC
    • Agricultural Research

• Mirid bug outbreaks in multiple crops correlated with wide-scale adoption of Bt Cotton in China

  Long-term ecological effects of transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) crops on non-target pests have received limited attention, more so in diverse smallholder-based cropping systems of the developing world.

  • 13/05/2010

  • Science
  • • Agriculture
    • Pest Control
    • China
    • Science
    • Bt Cotton
    • Yanhui Lu
    • Kongming Wu
    • Yuying Jiang & et al