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From: Laurel Hopwood <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: Biotech Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 07:56:23 -0400
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Subject: articles on Bt corn and butterflies

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991274
Bt corn damages butterflies in wild
New Scientist, 11 September 2001
Studies in North America's grain belt have for the first time shown
that genetically-engineered maize can damage the growth of
caterpillars in the field.

Also, published abstracts of articles,  Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences: http://www.pnas.org/papbyrecent.shtml

Mark K. Sears, Richard L. Hellmich, Diane E. Stanley-Horn, Karen S.
Oberhauser, John M. Pleasants, Heather R. Mattila, Blair D. Siegfried, and
Galen P. Dively
Impact of Bt corn pollen on monarch butterfly populations: A risk assessment
PNAS published September 14, 2001, 10.1073/pnas.211329998

A. R. Zangerl, D. McKenna, C. L. Wraight, M. Carroll, P. Ficarello, R.
Warner, and M. R. Berenbaum
Effects of exposure to event 176 Bacillus thuringiensis corn pollen on
monarch and black swallowtail caterpillars under field conditions
PNAS published September 14, 2001, 10.1073/pnas.171315698

Richard L. Hellmich, Blair D. Siegfried, Mark K. Sears, Diane E.
Stanley-Horn, Michael J. Daniels, Heather R. Mattila, Terrence Spencer,
Keith G. Bidne, and Leslie C. Lewis
Monarch larvae sensitivity to Bacillus thuringiensis- purified proteins and
pollen
PNAS published September 14, 2001, 10.1073/pnas.211297698

John M. Pleasants, Richard L. Hellmich, Galen P. Dively, Mark K. Sears,
Diane E. Stanley-Horn, Heather R. Mattila, John E. Foster, Thomas L. Clark,
and Gretchen D. Jones
Corn pollen deposition on milkweeds in and near cornfields
PNAS published September 14, 2001, 10.1073/pnas.211287498

Diane E. Stanley-Horn, Galen P. Dively, Richard L. Hellmich, Heather R.
Mattila, Mark K. Sears, Robyn Rose, Laura C. H. Jesse, John E. Losey, John
J. Obrycki, and Les Lewis
Assessing the impact of Cry1Ab-expressing corn pollen on monarch butterfly
larvae in field studies
PNAS published September 14, 2001, 10.1073/pnas.211277798

Karen S. Oberhauser, Michelle D. Prysby, Heather R. Mattila, Diane E.
Stanley-Horn, Mark K. Sears, Galen Dively, Eric Olson, John M. Pleasants,
Wai-Ki F. Lam, and Richard L. Hellmich
Temporal and spatial overlap between monarch larvae and corn pollen
PNAS published September 14, 2001, 10.1073/pnas.211234298

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