Assessing nontarget impacts of Bt corn resistant to corn rootworms: Tier-1 testing with larvae of Poecilus chalcites (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 135-142

  Duan, Jian J ^a   Paradise, Mark S ^a   Lundgren, Jonathan G ^b,c   Bookout, Jeffrey T ^a   Jiang, Changjian ^a   Wiedenmann, Robert N ^a,d  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis crops; Cry3Bb1; Diabrotica spp.; Nontarget impact; Poecilus chalcites

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; LARVA; MAIZE; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PROTEIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CARABIDAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIABROTICA; INSECTA; POECILUS CHALCITES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33750264817     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.1.135     Document Type: Article

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