Soil microbial communities associated with Bt and Non-Bt corn in three soils

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 832-836

  Blackwood, Christopher B ^a   Buyer, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FATTY ACIDS; FUNGI; SOILS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES;

MICROORGANISMS;

ENDOTOXIN; FATTY ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BT CORN; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORN; DNA RESTRICTION; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOIL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE SOIL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 2442671613     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2004.0832     Document Type: Conference Paper

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