Use of Carabids for the Post-Market Environmental Monitoring of Genetically Modified Crops

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F17%3A43895482" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/17:43895482 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/60077344:_____/17:00473733

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/9/4/121" target="_blank" >http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/9/4/121</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins9040121" target="_blank" >10.3390/toxins9040121</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Use of Carabids for the Post-Market Environmental Monitoring of Genetically Modified Crops

Original language description

Post-market environmental monitoring (PMEM) of genetically modified (GM) crops is required by EU legislation and has been a subject of debate for many years; however, no consensus on the methodology to be used has been reached. We explored the suitability of carabid beetles as surrogates for the detection of unintended effects of GM crops in general PMEM surveillance. Our study combines data on carabid communities from five maize field trials in Central Europe. Altogether, 86 species and 58,304 individuals were collected. Modeling based on the gradual elimination of the least abundant species, or of the fewest categories of functional traits, showed that a trait-based analysis of the most common species may be suitable for PMEM. Species represented by fewer than 230 individuals (all localities combined) should be excluded and species with an abundance higher than 600 should be preserved for statistical analyses. Sixteen species, representing 15 categories of functional traits fulfill these criteria, are typical dominant inhabitants of agroecocoenoses in Central Europe, are easy to determine, and their functional classification is well known. The effect of sampling year is negligible when at least four samples are collected during maize development beginning from 1 April. The recommended methodology fulfills PMEM requirements, including applicability to large-scale use. However, suggested thresholds of carabid comparability should be verified before definitive conclusions are drawn.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30108 - Toxicology

Project

<a href="/en/project/7AMB14SK096" target="_blank" >7AMB14SK096: Comparison of the impact of Bt maize on entomofauna in the conditions of Czech and Slovak Republic</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Toxins

ISSN

2072-6651

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

9

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

18

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000404136900011

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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