Table 1 Scoping results with different search strings (performed on 14.01.2013)

1

TS = ((lepidopter* OR butterfl* OR coleopter* OR beetl*) AND (europe) AND ((Bt Maize OR Bt corn OR transgenic maize OR transgenic corn)

19

NOT (cotton OR rice OR soy*)) AND (Cry* OR Bt protein* OR Bt toxin OR Bacillus thuringiensis toxin OR vip3*) AND (toxicity OR resistan* OR bioassay OR inheritance))

2

TS = ((lepidopter* OR butterfl* OR coleopter* OR beetl*) AND ((Bt Maize OR Bt corn OR transgenic maize OR transgenic corn)

419

NOT (cotton OR rice OR soy*)) AND (Cry* OR Bt protein* OR Bt toxin OR Bacillus thuringiensis toxin OR vip3*) AND (toxicity OR resistan* OR bioassay OR inheritance))

3

TS = (lepidopter* OR butterfl* OR coleopter* OR beetl*) AND TS = (toxi* OR cry* OR vip3* OR Bacillus thuringiensis* OR bt) AND TS = (suscept* OR resist* OR inheritance)

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