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. 2014 Nov 3;9(11):e111629. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111629

Table 2. Impacts of GM crop adoption by modified trait.

Outcome variable All GM crops Insect resistance Herbicide tolerance
Yield 21.57***(15.65; 27.48) 24.85***(18.49; 31.22) 9.29**(1.78; 16.80)
 n/m 451/100 353/83 94/25
Pesticide quantity –36.93***(–48.01; −25.86) –41.67***(–51.99; −31.36) 2.43(–20.26; 25.12)
 n/m 121/37 108/31 13/7
Pesticide cost –39.15***(–46.96; −31.33) –43.43***(–51.64; −35.22) –25.29***(–33.84; −16.74)
 n/m 193/57 145/45 48/15
Total productioncost 3.25(–1.76; 8.25) 5.24**(0.25; 10.73) –6.83(–16.43; 2.77)
 n/m 115/46 96/38 19/10
Farmer profit 68.21***(46.31; 90.12) 68.78***(46.45; 91.11) 64.29(–24.73; 153.31)
 n/m 136/42 119/36 17/9

Average percentage differences between GM and non-GM crops are shown with 95% confidence intervals in parentheses. *, **, *** indicate statistical significance at the 10%, 5%, and 1% level, respectively. n is the number of observations, m the number of different primary datasets from which these observations are derived.