Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25161661›Full record

ReviewFrontiers in plant science2014

The end of a myth-Bt (Cry1Ab) maize does not harm green lacewings.

Jörg Romeis, Michael Meissle, Steven E Naranjo, Yunhe Li, Franz Bigler

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Review in Frontiers in plant science, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Toxins · 2018
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  11. The development and status of Bt rice in China.Plant biotechnology journal · 2016
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  12. Recovery in environmental risk assessments at EFSA.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Jörg RomeisAgroscope, Institute for Sustainability Sciences ISS Zurich, Switzerland.
Michael MeissleAgroscope, Institute for Sustainability Sciences ISS Zurich, Switzerland.
Steven E NaranjoUSDA-ARS, Arid Land Agricultural Research Center Maricopa, AZ, USA.
Yunhe LiAgroscope, Institute for Sustainability Sciences ISS Zurich, Switzerland ; State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Beijing, China.
Franz BiglerAgroscope, Institute for Sustainability Sciences ISS Zurich, Switzerland.
Agroscope · CHU.S. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A concern with Bt-transgenic insect-resistant plants is their potential to harm non-target organisms. Early studies reported that Cry1Ab-producing Bt maize and purified Cry1Ab harmed larvae of the green lacewing, Chrysoperla carnea. Although these effects could not be confirmed in subsequent studies, some authors still refer to them as evidence that Bt maize harms beneficial species. We provide a comprehensive review of the studies evaluating the effects of Bt (Cry1Ab) maize on C. carnea. The evidence indicates that this important predator is not affected by Bt maize or by the produced Cry1Ab protein. We discuss how conceptual models can assist environmental risk assessments, and we emphasize the importance of robust and reproducible studies.

Indexed as

Chrysoperla carneaenvironmental risk assessmentmeta-analysesnon-target effectsstudy design

Identifiers

PMID25161661
PMCPMC4129496
OpenAlexW2134654533

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