Other studies have shown, that prolonged exposure (4 j) at the laboratory of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus L. ), to a high density of pollen from Bt corn, affected (7 and 8) :
∙ the behavior (larval supply reduced) ,
∙ development (reduced weight and development time extension),
∙ the survival (additional mortality) .
A study of the British government was compared to a field of transgenic rapeseed resistant to herbicides and a field of conventional rapeseed (9) .
the flowering of transgenic rapeseed has decreased by 44 %, causing a decrease of 24% of the butterflies which are located in close proximity, probably related to the disappearance of the weeds, therefore less of nectar to feed themselves.
• Beneficial Insects
In addition to the environmental risks direct related to Bt crops, adverse effects on organisms located earlier in the food chain have been assessed. The chrysopes green (Chrysoperla carnea), insects important in the natural control of insect pests of maize, suffer from the toxicity of Bt crops through the herbivorous arthropods which they feed (prey) .
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