Advancements and Opportunities in Non-Target Organism Risk Assessment of Insect-Protected GM Crops

Organizer(s)

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  Christopher Brown (he/him/his)

  Entomologist
  Regulatory Sciences
  Bayer Crop Science
  Chesterfield, Missouri
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  Amanda Pierce

  Senior Advisor
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  Washington, District of Columbia
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  Joerg Romeis (he/him/his)

  Biosafety Group Leader
  Agroecology and Environment
  Agroscope
  Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
• CK

  Chitvan Khajuria

  Bayer Crop Science
  Wildwood, Missouri

Ecological risk assessment (ERA) for genetically modified (GM) crops continues to evolve to reflect past learnings as well as characteristics of novel insect protection traits. This symposium will cover updates to regulations, technical challenges, solutions, and innovations in non-target organism testing conducted as part of an ERA for GM crops.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:40 PM MST

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Christopher R. Brown (he/him/his) – Bayer Crop Science
• 1:40 PM – 1:55 PM MST

  Environmental risk assessment: Similarities and differences between crop protection chemistry and plant-incorporated protectants
  

  Presenting Author: Bridget F. O'Neill (she/her/hers) – Corteva Agriscience

  Co-Author: Ashley St. Clair – Corteva Agriscience

  Co-Author: Kristine LeRoy (she/her/hers) – Corteva Agriscience
• 1:55 PM – 2:10 PM MST

  Challenges of non-target insect test methods for biological pesticide registrations
  

  Presenting Author: Michael Patnaude (he/him/his) – Smithers
• 2:10 PM – 2:25 PM MST

  Conservancy in environmental risk assessments
  

  Presenting Author: Kristine LeRoy (she/her/hers) – Corteva Agriscience
• 2:25 PM – 2:30 PM MST

  Q & A session
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM MST

  How and why to conduct non-target tests with ants
  

  Presenting Author: Marius Pohl – University of Münster

  Co-Author: Udo Hommen – Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology

  Co-Author: Sebastian Eilebrecht – Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology

  Co-Author: Christoph Schäfers – Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology

  Co-Author: Benedikt Ringbeck – Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology

  Co-Author: Bernd Göckener – Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology

  Co-Author: Mathias Otto – Federal Agency for Nature Conservation

  Co-Author: Jürgen Gadau – University of Münster
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM MST

  Insect bioassay method considerations for non-target arthropod risk assessments
  

  Presenting Author: Steven M. Reyna (he/him/his) – Bayer Crop Science

  Co-Author: Christopher R. Brown (he/him/his) – Bayer Crop Science

  Co-Author: Chitvan Khajuria – Bayer Crop Science
• 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM MST

  Advancing ecological risk assessment: Insights from non-target arthropod testing and statistical power analysis
  

  Presenting Author: Carlos J. Esquivel (he/him/his) – Bayer CropScience LP

  Co-Author: Changjian Jiang – Bayer Crop Science

  Co-Author: Lawrence Long (he/him/his) – Bayer Crop Science

  Co-Author: Chitvan Khajuria – Bayer Crop Science

  Co-Author: Joshua Fischer – Bayer Crop Science

  Co-Author: Christopher R. Brown (he/him/his) – Bayer Crop Science
• 3:15 PM – 3:20 PM MST

  Q & A session
• 3:20 PM – 3:35 PM MST

  Updates to EPA's approach to ecological risk assessment of plant-incorporated protectants
  

  Presenting Author: Amanda Pierce – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

  Co-author: Mike Mendelsohn – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• 3:35 PM – 3:50 PM MST

  Applying problem formulation and plant pest risk assessment during USDA's regulatory status review of insect resistant genetically modified plants
  

  Presenting Author: Katharine Swoboda-Bhattarai – USDA-APHIS
• 3:50 PM – 4:05 PM MST

  Assessment of non-target organism testing needs for aquatic systems
  

  Presenting Author: Ming Hua Huang (he/him/his) – Syngenta
• 4:05 PM – 4:20 PM MST

  Non-target effects of transgenic corn debris in streams: Invertebrate community structure and plant debris processing
  

  Presenting Author: Bill O. Lamp – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Rebecca Eckert – Gettysburg College
• 4:20 PM – 4:25 PM MST

  Q & A session
• 4:25 PM – 4:40 PM MST

  Overview of non-target arthropod field studies supporting the risk assessment of insect resistant GM crop products
  

  Presenting Author: Lawrence Long (he/him/his) – Bayer Crop Science

  Co-Author: Miguel Ferreira Soria – BASF

  Co-Author: Christopher R. Brown (he/him/his) – Bayer Crop Science

  Co-Author: Ming Hua Huang (he/him/his) – Syngenta

  Co-Author: Kristine LeRoy (she/her/hers) – Corteva Agriscience

  Co-Author: Collin Preftakes – Bayer Crop Science
• 4:40 PM – 4:55 PM MST

  Transportability of field-collected NTO data
  

  Presenting Author: Joerg Romeis (he/him/his) – Agroscope

  Co-author: Michael Meissle – Agroscope

  Co-author: Steven Naranjo – USDA-ARS
• 4:55 PM – 5:15 PM MST

  Discussion