October 24 - 26, 2006: Evaluation of the Resistance Risks from Using 100% Bollgard and Bollgard II Cotton as Part of a Pink Bollworm Eradication Program in the State of Arizona
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- Agenda
- Panel Members
- Meeting Materials
- Meeting Minutes
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Federal Register Notice
Federal Register Notice announcing this meeting.
Directions and Other Logistics Information
General directions and other logistical information is no longer available.
Agenda
Panel Members
Meeting Materials
- Transmittal Letter
- Charge & Questions - Updatd 10/11/2006
- EPA Technical review of materials supporting Arizona's 24 (c) applications (PDF) (59 pp, 1MB) (AZ05009 and AZ050010) to replace structured non-Bt cotton refuges with sterile insect technology and 100% Bollgard and Bollard II cotton.
- Figures 1-4 from EPA Technical Review (Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- Cover Letter from the Arizona Department of Agriculture (PDF) (1 pg, 35KB) (Transmittal Letter)
- Documentary Support for Continuation of a Special Local Need Registration in Arizona for maximized use of Bt Cotton in a sanctioned pink bollworm eradiation program
- Integrated management approaches for pink bollworm in the Southwestern U.S. (Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- Volume 1: BT/non-BT mapping and program management data (MRID# 46048-01) --lconsists of the following four documents listed below:
- Cover Letter
- Document 1: Suggested use of trapping and map data (PDF) (1 pg, 28KB)
- GPS maps/field locations and designations (4 maps) (Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- Document 2: Arizona pink bollworm sterile moth background and release protocol
- Table 1: Program applied pheromone and insecticide treatment data (PDF) (146 pp, 906K)
- Volume 2: Program pink bollworm trapping and bollsampling data (MRID # 469048-02) --consists of the following eight documents below:
- Cover Letter
- Table 1: 2006 pink bollworm eradication program trapping data June 25 - July 22 (PDF) (1 pg, 14K)
- Table 2: Eradication program PBW/trap averages by field 6/25 - 7/22/06 (PDF) (100 pp, 381K)
- Table 3: Weekly PBW eradication program averages by cotton type 6/25 - 7/22/06 (PDF) (1 pg, 10K)
- Table 4: Pink Bollworm eradication boll sampling data July 16-22, 2006 (PDF) (2 pp, 17K)
- Document 1: Special report 2006: local movement of sterile pink bollworm moths (PDF) (4 pp, 750K) in the San Joaquin Valley of California
- Map 1: Release zones and non release zones 1,2, and 3
- Document 2: Spatial analysis of native and sterile pink bollworm in the Arizona PBW eradication program area, June 25 - July 22, 2006
- Map 2: Arizona pink bollworm trapping data predicted levels - 2006 growing season (PDF) (9 pp, 5MB) (9 Kriging maps)
- Volume 3: Resistance monitoring data from moths collected in pheromone traps (MRID# 469048-03) consists of he following three documents listed below:
- Cover Letter
- Document 3: 2006 Arizona adult pink bollworm moths sampling for molecular analysis
- "DNA Screening reveals pink bollworm resistance to Bt cotton remains rare after a decade of exposure" - Published journal article to replace the draft copy in Volume 3, Document 2. (Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- Volume 4 - Resistance monitoring data for 2005/2006 larval populations (MRID# 469048-04) -- consists of the following four documents below:
- Cover Letter
- Document 1: Preliminary report on susceptibility of southwestern pink bollworm to Bt toxins Cry1 AC and Cry2Ab2 in 2005 (PDF) (21 pp, 4MB)
- Document 2: Susceptibility to Bt toxins Cry1 Ac and Cry2Ab2 of southwestern pink bollworm in 2005 (PDF) (23 pp, 561K)
- Document 3: Susceptibility of southwestern pink bollworm to Bt toxins Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab2: final results of 2003 season studies (PDF) (15 pp, 712K)
- Document 4: Susceptibility of southwestern pink Bollworm to Cry2Ab: baseline responses in 2001 and 2002 (PDF) (12 pp, 323K)
- Volume 5: Simulation modeling comparing population suppression vs. resistance risk for duration of eradication program (MRID# 469048-05) -- consists of the following three documents below:
- Cover Letter
- Document 1: Simulation modeling of the pink bollworm eradication program (PDF) (8 pp, 35K) in Arizona
- Document 2: "Delayed resistance to transgenic cotton in pink bollworm" (Published journal article, not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- Document 3: "Effects of insect population size on evolution of resistance to transgenic crops" (Published journal article, not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
- Memorandum from Arizona Cotton Research and Protection Council (PDF) (4 pp, 51K) (Larry Antilla to Sharlene Matten containing supplemental sampling and trapping information
- E-mail from Bruce Tabashnik to Sharlene Matten containing supplemental information on sterile release rates (PDF) (4 pp, 51K)
- Bruce Tabashnik response to questions from Sharlene Matten on PCR and molecular analysis (PDF) (4 pp, 29K)
- Plans for DNA screening of pink bollworm in Arizona 2006 (PDF) (1 pg, 13K)
- Bruce Tabashnik response to questions from Sharlene Matten on Modeling (PDF) (2 pp, 17K)
- Table Containing Parameter values for the eradication model (PDF) (2 pp, 71K)
- EPA Review of 2004 pink bollworm monitoring data and revised monitoring protocol (PDF) (7 pp, 38K) submitted by Monsanto for Bt cotton (Bollgard and Bollgard II)
- "Mating response behavior of sterile pink bollworms (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) compared with natives" (Published Journal Article -- Not available on-line due to copyright restrictions.)
Meeting Minutes
Final Meeting Minutes (PDF) (27 pp, 88K)