Response of Danaus plexippus to pollen of two new Bt corn events via laboratory bioassay

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-41

  Mattila, Heather R ^a   Sears, Mark K ^a   Duan, Jian J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asclepias syriaca; Bacillus thuringiensis; Cry1Ab; Cry2Ab2; Cry3Bb1; Danaidae; Lepidoptera; MON 810 x MON 84006 hybrid; MON 863 hybrid; Monarch butterfly; Non target exposure

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; NONTARGET ORGANISM; POLLEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

APOCYNACEAE; ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA; BACILLACEAE; BACILLALES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR BERLINER; COLEOPTERA; COMMELINALES; DANAINAE; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; GENTIANALES; LEPIDOPTERA; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 21244435973     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2005.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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