Effects on fitness and behavior of monarch butterfly larvae exposed to a combination of Cry1Ab-expressing corn anthers and pollen

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 944-952

  Anderson, Patricia L ^a   Hellmich, Richard L ^a   Prasifka, Jarrad R ^a   Lewis, Leslie C ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Danaus plexippus; Nontarget; Risk assessment; Transgenic corn

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BUTTERFLY; FITNESS; NONTARGET ORGANISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS CURASSAVICA; ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 23444462087     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-34.4.944     Document Type: Article

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