Effect of the pollen of transgenic rice line, TT9-3 with a fused cry1Ab/cry1Ac gene from Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner on non-target domestic silkworm, Bombyx mori Linnaeus (Lepidoptera: Bombyxidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 339-348

  Yao, Hongwei ^a   Ye, Gongyin ^a   Jiang, Caiying ^a   Fan, Longjiang ^b   Datta, Karabi ^c   Hu, Cui ^a   Datta, Swapan K ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Bombyx mori; Bt rice; Pollen grains; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR BERLINER; BOMBYX MORI; LEPIDOPTERA; MORUS (PLANT);

EID: 33744953168     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2006.339     Document Type: Article

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