Effects of transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis corn-fed prey on mortality and development time of immature Chrysoperla carnea (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 480-487

  Hilbeck, Angelika ^a,b   Baumgartner, Martin ^a,c   Fried, Padruot M ^a   Bigler, Franz ^a  

^a Eidg Forschungsanstalt fur Agrarokologie und Landbau   (Switzerland)

^b OECD Proj on Biol Rsrc Management   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Chrysoperla carnea; Natural enemies; Nontarget organisms; Risk assessment; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542396551     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.2.480     Document Type: Article

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