Toxicity of Bt based-products on non-target organisms

The effects of Bacillus thuringiensis products, Bafog-1 (S) and Ecobac-1 (EC), on the oil palm pollinating weevil (Elaeidobius kamerunicus), beneficial insects (parasitoids and predators), freshwater fish (Tilapia nilotica), rats (Sprague Dawley) and young New Zealand Albino rabbits were studied. The laboratory study showed that Bafog-1 (S) and Ecobac-1 (EC) were safe to the oil palm pollinating weevils (E. kamerunicus), beneficial insects (Dolichogenidea metesae, Goryphus bunoh and Brachymeria carinata), freshwater fish (T. nilotica), rats (Sprague Dawley) and young New Zealand Albino rabbits, excluding of the eye irritation test result for Ecobac-1 (EC).

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Mohd Najib b Ahmad was born in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan on 14th June 1979. He received his Bachelor Degree in Chemical & Process Engineering from National University of Malaysia in 2001 and MSc from University Putra Malaysia in 2012. Now, he is a senior research officer in Malaysian Palm Oil Board and assigned to manage fermentation pilot plant.