Spatial distribution of Aglais urticae (L.) and its host plant Urtica dioica (L.) in an agricultural landscape: Implications for Bt maize risk assessment and post-market monitoring

Environmental Biosafety Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-36

  Gathmann, Achim ^a,c   Wirooks, Ludger ^b   Eckert, Jörg ^a   Schuphan, Ingolf ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Department Coexistence and GMO Monitoring ^*  (Germany)

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

Author keywords

GIS; GMO; Lepidoptera; Post market monitoring; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BUTTERFLY; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LARVA; MAIZE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; POLLEN; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; URTICA DIOICA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BUTTERFLIES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DATA COLLECTION; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LARVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; POLLEN; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; RISK ASSESSMENT; URTICA DIOICA; ZEA MAYS;

AGLAIS URTICAE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KURSTAKI; LEPIDOPTERA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; URTICA; URTICA DIOICA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33750075785     PISSN: 16357922     EISSN: 16357930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/ebr:2006014     Document Type: Article

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