TY - JOUR
T1 - A mathematical model of exposure of non-target Lepidoptera to Bt-maize pollen expressing Cry1Ab within Europe
AU - Manachini, Barbara Rosy Ines
AU - Devos, null
AU - Neemann, null
AU - Mestdagh, null
AU - Kiss, null
AU - Schiemann, null
AU - Sweet, null
AU - Lheureux, null
AU - Hails, null
AU - Arpaia, Salvatore
AU - Gathmann, null
AU - Ortego, null
AU - Bartsch, null
AU - Perry, null
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Genetically modified (GM) maize MON810 expresses a Cry1Ab insecticidal protein, derived from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), toxic to lepidopteran target pests such as Ostrinia nubilalis. An environmental risk to non-target Lepidoptera from this GM crop is exposure to harmful amounts of Bt-containing pollen deposited on host plants in or near MON810 fields. An 11-parameter mathematical model analysed exposure of larvae of three non-target species: the butterflies Inachis io (L.), Vanessa atalanta (L.) and moth Plutella xylostella (L.), in 11 representative maize cultivation regions in four European countries. A mortality–dose relationship was integrated with a dose–distance relationship to estimate mortality both within the maize MON810 crop and within the field margin at varying distances from the crop edge. Mortality estimates were adjusted to allow for physical effects; the lack of temporal coincidence between the susceptible larval stage concerned and the period over which maize MON810 pollen is shed; and seven further parameters concerned with maize agronomy and host-plant ecology. Sublethal effects were estimated and allowance made for aggregated pollen deposition. Estimated environmental impact was low: in all regions, the calculated mortality rate for worst-case scenarios was less than one individual in every 1572 for the butterflies and one in 392 for the moth.
AB - Genetically modified (GM) maize MON810 expresses a Cry1Ab insecticidal protein, derived from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), toxic to lepidopteran target pests such as Ostrinia nubilalis. An environmental risk to non-target Lepidoptera from this GM crop is exposure to harmful amounts of Bt-containing pollen deposited on host plants in or near MON810 fields. An 11-parameter mathematical model analysed exposure of larvae of three non-target species: the butterflies Inachis io (L.), Vanessa atalanta (L.) and moth Plutella xylostella (L.), in 11 representative maize cultivation regions in four European countries. A mortality–dose relationship was integrated with a dose–distance relationship to estimate mortality both within the maize MON810 crop and within the field margin at varying distances from the crop edge. Mortality estimates were adjusted to allow for physical effects; the lack of temporal coincidence between the susceptible larval stage concerned and the period over which maize MON810 pollen is shed; and seven further parameters concerned with maize agronomy and host-plant ecology. Sublethal effects were estimated and allowance made for aggregated pollen deposition. Estimated environmental impact was low: in all regions, the calculated mortality rate for worst-case scenarios was less than one individual in every 1572 for the butterflies and one in 392 for the moth.
KW - Cry1Ab
KW - exposure
KW - genetically modified maize
KW - mathematical model
KW - non-target Lepidoptera
KW - risk assessment
KW - Cry1Ab
KW - exposure
KW - genetically modified maize
KW - mathematical model
KW - non-target Lepidoptera
KW - risk assessment
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/48940
UR - http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2010/01/05/rspb.2009.2091.full.ht
M3 - Article
VL - 2010-01-10
SP - 1
EP - 9
JO - PROCEEDINGS - ROYAL SOCIETY. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
JF - PROCEEDINGS - ROYAL SOCIETY. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
SN - 1471-2954
ER -