Long-term assessment of the effects of transgenic Bt cotton on the function of the natural enemy community

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1211-1223

  Naranjo, Steven E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod predators; Bemisia tabaci; Lygus hesperus; Nontarget effects; Pectinophora gossypiella

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COTTON; NATURAL ENEMY; NONTARGET ORGANISM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

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

ARTHROPODA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BEMISIA TABACI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; LYGUS HESPERUS; PECTINOPHORA GOSSYPIELLA;

EID: 26444558144     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/34.5.1211     Document Type: Article

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