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Transgenes sustain epigeal insect biodiversity in diversified vegetable farm systems.
Environmental entomology - 1 Feb 2007
Leslie T W, Hoheisel G A, Biddinger D J, Rohr J R, Fleischer S J
Abstract excerpt
Many ecological studies have focused on the effects of transgenes in field crops, but few have considered multiple transgenes in diversified vegetable systems. We compared the epigeal, or soil surface-dwelling, communities of Coleoptera and Formicidae between transgenic and isoline vegetable systems consisting of sweet corn, potato, and acorn squash, with transgenic cultivars expressing Cry1(A)b, Cry3, or viral...
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