Biocontrol Science and Technology (2020) 30, 480-484

Daniel Spagnol, Rodolfo Vargas Castilhos, Rafael Antonio Pasini, Anderson Dionei Grützmacher and Ana Paula Schneid Afonso da Rosa (2020)
Bt maize genotypes do not harm Trichogramma pretiosum when exposed to vegetative and reproductive structures
Biocontrol Science and Technology 30 (5), 480-484
Abstract: We evaluated the effects of Bt maize genotypes expressing different Bt proteins on Trichogramma pretiosum. The laboratory bioassays consisted of exposing T. pretiosum to leaf, stem, and pollen of Bt maize genotypes and isogenic lines. The reduction on parasitism was used to classify the treatments according to the IOBC scale. In all bioassays, the reduction on parasitism was lower than 30%, and the Bt maize were harmless to T. pretiosum. The laboratorial method used proved to be reliable to verify harmlessness of Bt maize genotypes expressing different proteins on T. pretiosum.
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Database assignments for author(s): Anderson Dionei Grützmacher

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
non-target effects/fate in environm.

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
Bacillus thuringiensis genes in crops (entomopathogen)