Transmission of Bt toxin to the predator Propylaea japonica (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) through its aphid prey feeding on transgenic Bt cotton

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 143-150

  Zhang, Gui Fen ^a   Wan, Fang Hao ^a   Lövei, Gábor L ^b   Liu, Wan Xue ^a   Guo, Jian Ying ^a  

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aphis gossypii; Bt toxin; Propylaea japonica; Transgenic Bt cotton; Transmission

Indexed keywords

APHID; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; PREY AVAILABILITY; TOXIN; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS GOSSYPII; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; INSECTA; PROPYLEA JAPONICA;

EID: 33750217975     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.1.143     Document Type: Article

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