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Table 8.8 Summary of the Effects of Cultivation with Bt Crops or Amendment with Bt Proteins on Microarthropods (continued)
Organism/activity
tested

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

Collembola Functional

groups:
Euedaphic,
eu-hemiedaphic,
hemiedaphic,
hemiepiedaphic,
epiedaphic

Field Cultivation of Bt and

non- Bt maize

Cry1Ab Lower abundance of

Collembola in Bt soil,
but only at one site in
early fall; no effect of
Bt maize on
functional groups

Debeljak et
al. (2007)

Collembola, Actinedida,
Acaridida, Gamasida,
Oribatida

Entomobrya sp.,
Entomobrya
multifasciata,
Orchesella sp.,
Lepidocyrtus
lanuginosus,
Pseudosinella
alba, Folsomia
fimetaria,
Paraisotoma
notabilis,
Protaphorura
armata,
Sminthurinus
aureus

Soil microcosm Cultivation of Bt maize

(Event MON810) and
non- Bt maize
(Monumental)

Cry1Ab No difference in

abundance and
diversity in Bt and
non- Bt soil

de Vaufleury
et al. (2007)

Oribatid mite Scheloribates

praeincisus

Laboratory Fed Bt cotton

(Bollgard) leaves,
non- Bt cotton leaves,
and Bt biopesticide
(Dipel)

Cry1Ac No effect on adult and

immature
survivorship, food
consumption, or
development

Oliveira et al.
(2007)

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