Bt toxin distribution in transgenic Bt cotton and soil system

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1765-1768

  Sun, Caixia ^a,b   Chen, Lijun ^a   Wu, Zhijie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bt toxin; Distribution; Soil; Transgenic cotton

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN;

COTTON; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; TOXIN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; COTTON; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; GOSSYPIUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 27744448887     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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