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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2018

Regional pest suppression associated with widespread Bt maize adoption benefits vegetable growers.

Galen P Dively, P Dilip Venugopal, Dick Bean, Joanne Whalen, Kristian Holmstrom, Thomas P Kuhar, Hélène B Doughty, Terry Patton, William Cissel, William D Hutchison

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 100 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
100citing papers in PubMed
9.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

100 citing papers in PubMed, 229 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

10 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Galen P DivelyDepartment of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; galen@umd.edu venugopal.dilip@gmail.com.
P Dilip VenugopalDepartment of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; galen@umd.edu venugopal.dilip@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-6339-5087
Dick BeanOffice of Plant Industries and Pest Management, Maryland Department of Agriculture, Annapolis, MD 21401.
Joanne WhalenDepartment of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716.
Kristian HolmstromNew Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901.
Thomas P KuharDepartment of Entomology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061.
Hélène B DoughtyEastern Shore Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Painter, VA 23420.
Terry PattonDepartment of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.
William CisselDepartment of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716.
William D HutchisonDepartment of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108.
University of Maryland, College Park · USUniversity of Delaware · USMaryland Department of Natural Resources · USRutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USUniversity of Minnesota · USVirginia Cooperative Extension · USVirginia Tech · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transgenic crops containing the bacterium

Indexed as

Crops, AgriculturalPest Control, BiologicalAnimalsBacillus thuringiensisInsecticide ResistanceInsecticidesMothsPlant DiseasesPlants, Genetically ModifiedPopulation DynamicsZea maysInsecticidesagricultural biotechnologyecological effectsoffsite benefitspest managementregional pest suppression

Identifiers

PMID29531049
PMCPMC5879701
OpenAlexW2792522774

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