Toxic and behavioral effects to carabidae of seed treatments used on Cry3Bb1- and Cry1Ab/c-protected corn

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1626-1636

  Mullin, Christopher A ^a   Saunders II, Michael C ^a   Leslie, Timothy W ^a   Biddinger, David J ^a   Fleischer, Shelby J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bt Cry3B toxin; Ground beetles; Neonicotinoid seed treatments; Nontarget effects

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; MORTALITY; NONTARGET ORGANISM; SEED TREATMENT; TOXICITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGONUM; ANISODACTYLUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BEMBIDION; CARABIDAE; CHLAENIUS; COLEOPTERA; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA; HARPALUS; HARPALUS PENSYLVANICUS; LEPIDOPTERA; PATROBUS; POECILUS; PTEROSTICHUS; PTEROSTICHUS MELANARIUS; SCARITES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 29544434392     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-34.6.1626     Document Type: Article

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