Table 1. Experimental treatments of feeding assay with Osmia bicornis larvae.
Pollen type of provision | Additive | Concentration |
Transgenic OC-1 pollen | H2O | 0.004–0.009%a |
rOC-1 | 0.1% | |
GNA | 0.01% | |
Pollen from isoline | GNA | 0.1% |
Cry1Ab | 0.01% | |
H2O | 0% (control) |
Larval pollen provisions were collected and processed by nesting bees. Provisions containing non-transgenic pollen from the isoline were manually ‘spiked’ with insecticidal protein dissolved in water to achieve the test concentrations indicated (w∶w). aPercentage OC-1 of total soluble protein in pollen extract, determined by dot-blot immunoassay. Abbreviations: OC-1, oryzacystatin-1; rOC-1, recombinant OC-1; GNA, Galanthus nivalis agglutinin.