Can Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) corn residues and Bt-corn plants affect life-history traits in the earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa?

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 180-187

  Vercesi, Maria Laura ^a   Krogh, Paul Henning ^a   Holmstrup, Martin ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aporrectodea caliginosa; Bacillus thuringiensis; Bt corn; Cry1Ab protein; Earthworms; Life history traits

Indexed keywords

APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALIGINOSA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; PAPAIPEMA NEBRIS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; SESAMIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33646092314     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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