A sequential approach to risk assessment of transgenic plants expressing protease inhibitors: Effects on nontarget herbivorous insects

Transgenic Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 439-449

  Cowgill, S E ^a   Atkinson, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cystatins; Nontarget organisms; Protease inhibitors; Risk assessment; Transgenic crops

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; INSECTS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

GLOBODERA; GLOBODERA PALLIDA; GLOBODERA ROSTOCHIENSIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0041859746     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024215922148     Document Type: Article

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