The impacts of the pollen of insect-resistant transgenic cotton on honeybees

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 3487-3496

  Liu, Biao ^a,b   Xu, Chongren ^a   Yan, Fengming ^a   Gong, Ruizhong ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b State Environmental Protection Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt); Honeybee; Impact; Pollen; Transgenic cotton

Indexed keywords

COTTON; HONEYBEE; NONTARGET ORGANISM; POLLEN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KURSTAKI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; INSECTA;

EID: 29144496855     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-0824-7     Document Type: Article

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