A comparison of soil microbial community structure, protozoa and nematodes in field plots of conventional and genetically modified maize expressing the Bacillus thuringiens is CryIAb toxin

Plant and Soil

Volumn 275, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 135-146

  Griffiths, B S ^a   Caul, S ^a   Thompson, J ^a   Birch, A N E ^a   Scrimgeour, C ^a   Andersen, M N ^b   Cortet, J ^c   Messean A ^d   Sausse, C ^d   Lacroix, B ^e   Krogh, P H ^f  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d Centre de Grignon   (France)

^e ARVALIS Institut du Végétal Station Inter instituts 6 ^*  (France)

^f NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis toxin; Genetically modified plants; Maize; Microbial community structure; Nematodes; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; NEMATODE; PROTOZOAN; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; NEMATODA; PROTOZOA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 27944503579     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-005-1093-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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