TABLE 2.
Phenotypic Study 1 summary of arthropod abundance data from beat-sheet samples of MON 89788, the control, and the references at 3 US sites
| Quantitative differencesb |
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| Arthropod abundance |
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| Arthropod | Number of observations across sitesa | Number of observations where no differences were detected between MON 89788 and A3244 | Sitec | Collection number | MON 89788 Mean (SE)d | A3244 Mean (SE)d | Reference rangee |
| Pests | |||||||
| Aphids (Aphididae) | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bean leaf beetle (Cerotoma trifurcata) | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea) | 1 | 0 | IL1 | 2 | 0.7 (0.3) | 0.0 (nv) | 0.0–0.0 |
| Flea beetle (Chrysomelidae) | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Garden fleahopper (Halticus bractatus) | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grape colaspis (Colaspis brunnea) | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Green cloverworm (Plathypena scabra) | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Southern corn rootworm(Diabrotica undecimpunctata) | 2 | 1 | MO1 | 2 | 2.0 (nv) | 0.0 (nv) | 0.0–0.3 |
| Stink bug (Pentatomidae) | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tarnished plant bug (Lygus spp.) | 2 | 1 | MO2 | 3 | 0.3 (0.3) | 0.0 (nv) | 0.0–0.0 |
| Weevil (Curculionidae) | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Beneficial | |||||||
| Asian ladybeetle (Coccinellidae) | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lacewing (Chrysopidae) | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Damsel bug (Nabidae) | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Minute pirate bug (Orius spp.) | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pink spotted ladybeetle (Coccinellidae) | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7-spotted ladybeetle (Coccinellidae) | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Spider (Araneae) | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
a
A total of 68 arthropod abundance observations were made across sites. Detailed results are provided in Table S9.
b
Scores shown were statistically significant differences between MON 89788 and A3244 at p ≤ 0.05. – indicates that there were no differences detected between MON 89788 and A3244 for the arthropod indicated.
c
Site codes: IL1= Clinton Co., IL; MO1= Shelby Co., MO; MO2= Lincoln Co., MO (Table S2).
d
SE standard error, nv no variability.
e
Reference range = minimum and maximum mean values among the commercial reference varieties.