Varietal effects of eight paired lines of transgenic Bt maize and near-isogenic non-Bt maize on soil microbial and nematode community structure

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-68

  Griffiths, Bryan S ^a   Heckmann, Lars Henrik ^b,c   Caul, Sandra ^a   Thompson, Jacqueline ^a   Scrimgeour, Charlie ^a   Krogh, Paul Henning ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis protein; Cry1Ab; Maize varieties; Non target effects; Soil microbial communities; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; NEMATODA; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; VARIATION (GENETICS); ZEA MAYS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; NEMATODA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33845732213     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2006.00215.x     Document Type: Article

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