Interactions between natural enemies and transgenic insecticidal crops.

Abstract

This paper highlights recent laboratory and field studies of the interactions between natural enemies (including predatory insects and arthropods, parasitoids and entomopathogens) and transgenic insecticidal plants, focusing on the risks and benefits of transgenic plants for natural enemies and their influence on biological control. As background to the interactions between transgenic plants and natural enemies, this paper discusses the bases of studies that have documented negative interactions between microbial insecticide Bt formulations and natural enemies.