Cry2A rice did not affect the interspecific interactions between two rice planthoppers, Nilaparvata lugens, and Sogatella furcifera.

ABSTRACT: Interspecific interactions are complex in agro-ecosystems and could be affected by agricultural technologies including transgenic crop planting. Few studies focused on the effects of Bt crops on the interspecific interactions of non-target organisms. Here we assessed the effects of transgenic cry2A rice (Cry2A rice) on the interspecific interaction between two rice planthoppers, namely, Nilaparvata lugens (the brown planthopper, BPH) and Sogatella furcifera (the white-backed planthopper, WBPH). Cry2A rice showed no significant effects on most biological parameters of these two rice planthoppers, except for wet weight of BPH female adults and development duration of WBPH female nymphs. In contrast, interspecific interactions between BPH and WBPH showed significant impac

SUBMITTER: Dang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6748363 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature