Arthropods on maize ears for detecting impacts of Bt maize on nontarget organisms

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 554-560

  Eckert, J ^a   Schuphan, I ^a   Hothorn, L A ^b   Gathmann, A ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthropod community; Bt maize; Monitoring; Nontarget organisms

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; APHID; ARTHROPOD; BIOMONITORING; CULTIVATION; HOST PLANT; INSECTICIDE; MAIZE; PEST CONTROL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

APHIDIDAE; ARTHROPODA; COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA; COLEOPTERA; RHOPALOSIPHUM PADI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33750207256     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.2.554     Document Type: Article

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