Insect resistant crops (IRC)

• Should reduce use of insecticides. This is beneficial to environment because:
• more beneficial insects around as they are not killed by insecticides
• less impact on food web as not eradicating part of the food chain
• Effect of insect resistant crops on other organisms.
• possible effect on non target organisms who eat plant (student not expected to have read any research but could hypothesise)
• possible impact on food web connections from a decrease in insect populations