Table 6 List of variables to be extracted from each relevant study

Study details

study_id

Unique identifier assigned to each study

Integer

No

study_type_i^a

Type of study I

Integer

Yes

study type_ii^b

Type of study II

Integer

Yes

author

Author(s) of the study

String

No

publication_year

Year of publication

Integer

No

title

Title of the study

String

No

citation

Journal name, volume and page numbers

String

No

author_affiliation

Type(s) of institutions that the author(s) are affiliated with (academic/private sector/government)

String

Yes

peer_reviewed

Indicates whether the study was published in a peer-reviewed journal

Yes/no

Yes

study_funding

Information on funding source of the study (public/private/mixed)

String

Yes

Test substance

test_substance_ category

Category of the test substance tested (e.g. purified protein, pollen, leaf)

String

Yes

bt_protein

Bt protein tested

String

Yes

target

Insect order targeted by the Bt protein (Lepidoptera/Coleoptera)

String

Yes

bt_protein_purity^d

Purity of the Bt protein tested in %

Real

No

bt_protein_ concentration

Concentration of the Bt protein tested

Real

No

bt_protein_concentration_unit

Unit of measurement for the Bt protein concentration

String

Yes

bt_protein_ equivalence^d

Indicates whether the microbially-produced/purified Bt protein tested is equivalent to the Bt protein produced by the GM plant (direct or indirect evidence)

Yes/no

Yes

bt_protein_equivalence_detailed^d

More detailed description on Bt protein equivalence

String

No

bt_protein_ stability^d

Indicates whether the microbially-produced/purified Bt protein tested was stable during the bioassay (direct or indirect evidence)

Yes/no

Yes

bt_protein_ stability_detailed^d

More detailed description on Bt protein stability

String

No

bt_protein_ bioactivity^d

Indicates whether the microbially-produced/purified Bt protein tested was biologically active (direct or indirect evidence)

Yes/no

Yes

bt_protein_ bioactivity_detailed^d

More detailed description on Bt protein activity

String

No

crop^c

Crop used in the study

String

Yes

event^c

GM event of the crop tested

String

Yes

bt_hybrid_or_var^c

Bt hybrid or variety name

String

No

non-bt_hybrid_or_ var^c

Non-Bt hybrid or variety name

String

No

genetic_relatedness^c

Information on the relatedness between the Bt and the non-Bt line used in the study

String

No

Test organism

ladybird_genus

Ladybird taxonomic genus

String

Yes

ladybird_species

Ladybird taxonomic species

String

Yes

life_stage_tested

Life stage tested (larvae/adult)

String

Yes

Study design

study_duration

Duration of the study in days

Real

No

study_duration_ detailed

More detailed information on study duration

String

Yes

negative_control

Information on the negative (non-Bt) control used in the study

String

No

positive_control^d

Indicates whether a positive control was used

Yes/no

Yes

prey_species^e

Prey taxonomic species

String

Yes

prey_species_ susceptibility^e

Indicates whether prey is susceptible to the test substance

Yes/no

Yes

prey_species_ susceptibility_ evidence^e

Type of direct or indirect evidence provided to claim susceptibility of the prey species to the test substance

String

No

exposure_to_bt_ protein

Indicates whether exposure of test species to Bt protein was confirmed

Yes/no

Yes

exposure_to_bt_ protein_detailed

More detailed information on exposure to Bt protein

String

No

endpoint_ measured

Endpoint measured in the study

String

Yes

endpoint_ measured_ unit

Unit of measurement for the endpoint measured

String

Yes

endpoint_measured_ detailed

Detailed description of endpoint measured

String

No

control_sample_size

Sample size for the control (non-Bt) treatment

Real

No

exp_sample_size

Sample size for the experimental (Bt) treatment

Real

No

stat_test_used

Statistical test used by the author(s)

String

Yes

Results

control_mean

Mean for the control treatment

Real

No

exp_mean

Mean for the experimental treatment

Real

No

control_std_err

Standard error for the control treatment

Real

No

exp_std_err

Standard error for the experimental treatment

Real

No

control_std_dev

Standard deviation for the control treatment

Real

No

exp_std_dev

Standard deviation for the experimental treatment

Real

No

data_location

Figure, table or page number where means and variation were found

String

No

was_data_scanned

Indicates whether figures were scanned to obtain data values

String

Yes

significant_dif_ observed

Indicates whether a statistically significant effect was identified by the authors

Yes/no/na

Yes

Other

Comments

Space for comments for this record

String

No