Economic, ecological, food safety, and social consequences of the deployment of Bt transgenic plants

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue , 2002, Pages 845-881

  Shelton, A M ^a   Zhao, J Z ^a   Roush, R T ^a  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Biotechnology; Insect; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECONOMICS; PEST CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSECTA;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS CRYSTAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENDOTOXIN; INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CROP; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD; GENETICS; HUMAN; INSECT; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; REVIEW; SAFETY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMAL; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOLOGY; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD; HUMAN; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; INSECTS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 0036006847     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.47.091201.145309     Document Type: Review

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