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ArticleInsects2025

Bt in the Spotlight: Defending Its Relevance in an RNAi-Driven Future.

Camilo Ayra-Pardo, Denis J Wright

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Article in Insects, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
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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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. A Biofilm-StateMicroorganisms · 2026
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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

2 authors.

Camilo Ayra-PardoCIIMAR/CIMAR LA, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Avda. General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450208 Matosinhos, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-5579-677X
Denis J WrightDepartment of Life Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The rise of RNAi-based biopesticides marks a turning point in pest control, prompting reflection on the future role of

Indexed as

Bacillus thuringiensisbioinsecticidesintegrated pest managementRNA interferencesustainable agriculture

Identifiers

PMID40870638
PMCPMC12386963

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