Insect resistance monitoring for Bt maize cultivation in the EU: Proposal from the industry IRM Working Group

Journal fur Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit

Volumn 2, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 47-49

  Alacalde, E ^a   Amijee, F ^b   Blache, G ^c   Bremer, C ^b   Fernandez, S ^c   Garcia Alonso, M ^d   Holt, K ^d   Legris, G ^e   Novillo, C ^f   Schlotter, P ^g   Storer, N ^h   Tinland, B ^c  

^a JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

^b Pioneer Overseas Corporation   (Belgium)

^c Monsanto Europe NV   (Belgium)

^d JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e Dow AgroScience   (United Kingdom)

^f Monsanto Agricultura España S L Dpto I D   (Spain)

^g Dow AgroSciences GmbH   (Germany)

^h DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 39149106746     PISSN: 16615751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00003-007-0236-1     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 March 2001 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms and repealing Council Directive 90/220/EEC.
2. Draft protocol for the monitoring of European corn borer resistance to Bt-maize (Document XI/157/98) submitted by DGXI 29/04/98 [SCP/GMO/014].
3. EPA (1998) The Environmental Protection Agency's White Paper on Bt Plant-pesticide Resistance Management. 14 January 1998.
4. European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) (2006) Guidance document of the Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms for the risk assessment of genetically modified plants and derived food and feed.
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6. Gonzalez-Nuñez, M., Ortego, F. and Castañera, P. (2000) Susceptibility of Spanish Populations of the Corn Borers Sesamia nonagrioides (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) to a Bacillus thuringiensis Endotoxin. J Econ Entomol 93:459-463.
7. Opinion of the SCP on Bt - Resistance monitoring (opinion expressed on 4 March 1999) http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sc/scp/ou-t35_en.html
8. Regulation (EC) No1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed