Toxicological evaluation of genetically modified cotton (Bollgard®) and Dipel® WP on the non-target soil mite Scheloribates praeincisus (Acari: Oribatida)

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 191-201

  Oliveira, Anibal R ^a   Castro, Thiago R ^a   Capalbo, Deise M F ^b   Delalibera Jr , Italo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Oribatid mites; Risk assessment; Scheloribatidae; Transgenic cotton

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COTTON; FOOD CONSUMPTION; INSECTICIDE; MITE; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PEST CONTROL; PEST SPECIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOLOGY; TOXIN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; COTTON; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MITE; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GOSSYPIUM; LARVA; MITES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TOXICITY TESTS;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ORIBATIDA; SCHELORIBATES PRAEINCISUS; SCHELORIBATIDAE;

EID: 33947499256     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-007-9059-0     Document Type: Article

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