Effect of Bt corn for corn rootworm control on nontarget soil microarthropods and nematodes

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 859-865

  Al Deeb, Mohammad A ^a   Wilde, Gerald E ^a   Blair, John M ^a   Todd, Tim C ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bt corn; Cry3Bb1; Nontarget organisms

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HYBRID; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PEST RESISTANCE; PEST SPECIES;

KANSAS; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; COLLEMBOLA; DIABROTICA; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA; MESOSTIGMATA; NEMATODA; ORIBATIDA; PROSTIGMATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0141574107     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-32.4.859     Document Type: Article

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