Long-term assessment of the effects of transgenic Bt cotton on the abundance of nontarget arthropod natural enemies

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1193-1210

  Naranjo, Steven E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod predators; Parasitic Hymenoptera; Pectinophora gossypiella; Principal response curves; Statistical power analysis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COTTON; NONTARGET ORGANISM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARTHROPODA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DELTA (WASP); GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PECTINOPHORA GOSSYPIELLA;

EID: 26444510284     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/34.5.1193     Document Type: Article

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