Impact of Bt maize pollen (MON810) on lepidopteran larvae living on accompanying weeds

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2677-2685

  Gathmann, Achim ^a,d   Wirooks, Ludger ^b   Hothorn, Ludwig A ^c   Bartsch, Detlef ^a   Schuphan, Ingolf ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Unit Biostatistics ^*  (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^d Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bt maize; Insecticide; Lepidoptera; Monitoring; Nontarget effects; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GOOSEFOOT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; TIME; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; CHENOPODIUM; HERBICIDES; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MUSTARD PLANT; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; ZEA MAYS;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; BRASSICA; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; PIERIS RAPAE; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; SINAPIS; SINAPIS ALBA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33745882665     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02962.x     Document Type: Article

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