Scrutinizing the current practice of the environmental risk assessment of GM maize applications for cultivation in the EU

Environmental Sciences Europe

Table 4 Studies evaluating the efficacy of the GMP in IR GM maize applications

GMP	Cry protein expressed in GMP	Test substance used in ERA	Pest species evaluated in ERA
Maize MON810	Cry1Ab	-	-
Maize Bt 11	Cry1Ab	Plant and bacterial proteins	ECB, CEW
Maize 1507	Cry1F	1507 maize plants	ECB, MCB
	Cry1F	Plant and bacterial proteins	ECB, CEW, TBW, FAW, BCW
	Cry1F	1507 maize plants	MCB
Maize 59122	Cry34Ab1/Cry35Ab1	Bacterial proteins	SCR
	Cry34Ab1/Cry35Ab1	Bacterial proteins	CEW, ECB, BCW SCR, WCR, NCR, CLA
	Cry34Ab1/Cry35Ab1	Bacterial proteins	CEW, ECB, NCR, WCR, CBW, CLA
Maize 1507 × NK603	Cry1F	See maize 1507	See maize 1507
Maize NK603 × MON810	Cry1Ab	-	-

'-', no specific data provided by the applicant; ECB, European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis); CEW, corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea); MCB, Mediterranean corn borer (Sesamia nonagrioides); TBW, tobacco budworm (Heliothis virescens); BCW, black cutworm (Agrotis ipsilon); FAW, fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda); SCR, Southern corn rootworm (Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi); WCR, Western corn rootworm (Diabrotica v. virgifera); NCR, Northern corn rootworm (Diabrotica barberi); CLA, corn leaf aphid (Rhopalosiphum maidis); CBW, cotton boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis).