Multidecadal, county-level analysis of the effects of land use, Bt cotton, and weather on cotton pests in China

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dc.creatorZhang, Wei
dc.creatorLu, Yanhui
dc.creatorWerf, Wopke van der
dc.creatorHuang, Jikun
dc.creatorWu, Feng
dc.creatorZhou, Ke
dc.creatorDeng, Xiangzheng
dc.creatorJiang, Yuying
dc.creatorWu, Kongming
dc.creatorRosegrant, Mark W.
dc.date2018
dc.date2018-09-28T12:24:53Z
dc.date2018-09-28T12:24:53Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:37:59Z
dc.descriptionLong-term changes in land use, climate, and agricultural technologies may affect pest severity and management. The influences of these major drivers can only be identified by analyzing long-term data. This study examines panel data on land use, adoption of genetically modified *Bacillus thuringiensis* (Bt) insect-resistant cotton, weather, pest severity, and insecticide use on three major cotton pests for 51 counties in China during 1991--2015. Bt cotton had pervasive effects on the whole pest complex in cotton and its management. Adoption resulted in major reductions in insecticide use for bollworm control. The resulting restoration of aphid biological control decreased aphid severity. However, mirid bugs, which have few effective natural enemies in cotton, increased in severity with warming May and reduced insecticide spraying against bollworm. The effects of landscape on pest severity were pest specific. The severity of cotton aphid and mirid bugs decreased with higher land use diversity, but the severity of highly polyphagous cotton bollworm was unrelated to land use diversity. Shares of forest, water body, and unused land area were negatively associated with the severity of mirid bugs, whereas cotton bollworm responded positively to the shares of water body and unused land area. Farmers sprayed insecticides at mild infestation levels and responded aggressively to severe bollworm outbreaks. Findings support the usefulness of Bt-based plant resistance as a component of integrated pest management (IPM) but highlight the potential for unexpected outcomes resulting from agro-ecosystem feedback loops as well as the importance of climate.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/97544
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/110040
dc.languageen
dc.publisherNational Academy of Sciences
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceZhang, Wei; Lu, Yanhui; van der Werf, Wopke; Huang, Jikun; Wu, Feng; Zhou, Ke; Deng, Xiangzheng; Jiang, Yuying; Wu, Kongming; Rosegrant, Mark W. 2018. Multidecadal, county-level analysis of the effects of land use, Bt cotton, and weather on cotton pests in China. 10p
dc.subjectbt-cotton
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectinsecticide use
dc.subjectland use diversity
dc.subjectintegrated pest management
dc.subjectagricultural technology
dc.subjectcotton
dc.subjectcapacity development
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectland use
dc.subjectweather
dc.subjectgenetically modified organisms
dc.subjectinsecticides
dc.subjectpest insects
dc.titleMultidecadal, county-level analysis of the effects of land use, Bt cotton, and weather on cotton pests in China
dc.typeJournal Article

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