Transgenic wheat with enhanced fungal resistance causes no effects on Folsomia candida (Collembola: Isotomidae)

Pedobiologia

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-147

  Romeis, Jörg ^a   Battini, Martina ^a   Bigler, Franz ^a  

^a Eidg Forschungsanstalt fur Agrarokologie und Landbau   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Folsomia candida; KP4; Risk assessment; Transgenic wheat

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL FAUNA; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

ARTHROPODA; CANDIDA; COLLEMBOLA; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; FUNGI; INSECTA; ISOTOMIDAE; TILLETIA CARIES; TILLETIA TRITICI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; USTILAGINALES; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

EID: 0037248460     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0031-4056-00177     Document Type: Article

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