Field evaluation of the impact of corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)-protected Bt corn on ground-dwelling invertebrates

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1325-1335

  Bhatti, Muhammad A ^a   Duan, Jian ^a   Head, Graham ^a   Jiang, Changjian ^a   Mckee, Michael J ^a,b   Nickson, Thomas E ^a   Pilcher, Carol L ^a,c   Pilcher, Clinton D ^a  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cry3Bb1 protein; Nontarget organism; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; MAIZE; NONTARGET ORGANISM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANNELIDA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; CHILOPODA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIABROTICA; DIPLURA (HEXAPODS); FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; JAPYGIDAE; LATHRIDIIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; STAPHYLINIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 26444560974     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/34.5.1325     Document Type: Article

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