TRANSGENICS IN BIOCONTROL: TABLE 2

TRANSGENICS IN BIOCONTROL

Table 2. Biocontrol Category/Issues and Relative Frequency Scores from Two Types of Sources for Transgenic Microbes

	Type of Source*
	Popular Press**	Technical/Regulatory

Category/Issue	Frequency Score [%]***
Transgenic Microbes
1. Development of Microbes	4.6a	48.0b
2. Insects - Bt	23.1a	18.6a
3. Insects - Baculoviruses	4.6a	4.1a
4. Insect Resistance to Bt and Viruses	4.6a	5.2a
5. Viruses in Biocontrol	10.3a	4.5a
6. Bacteria in Biocontrol	38.9a	15.4b
7. Fungi in Biocontrol	4.1a	13.1a
8. Field Trials	2.6a	2.9a
9. Environmental Impacts	1.3a	7.7a

*Chi-square = 68.3; df = 10; P<0.05; lsd = 22.6.
** Newspaper and Popular Press totals from Table 1 were combined.
*** The frequency score is the percentage of times that each issue appeared in the sources. Letters in the columns indicate differences horizontally within rows.

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