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Table 8.6 Effects of the Cultivation of Bt Crops or Amendment with Bt Protein on Nematodes (continued)

Organism/activity
tested

Bt crop plant/
experimental variable Methodology Study location Protein Effect on organism(s) Source

C. elegans Bioassay

Gene expression
analysis

Laboratory
Field

Purified Bt protein
Soil cultivated with Bt
(Event MON88017)
and non- Bt maize

Cry3Bb1 Dose-dependent

negative effect of
Cry3Bb1 on the
growth and
reproduction of C.
elegans
No significant effects of
the cultivation of Bt
maize on C. elegans in
rhizosphere soil

Hoess et al.
(2011)

Source: Adapted and updated with permission from Icoz and Stotzky, 2008b.