Impact assessment of Bt-maize on a moth parasitoid, Cotesia marginiventris (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), via host exposure to purified Cry1Ab protein or Bt-plants

Crop Protection

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 953-962

  Ramirez Romero, Ricardo ^a   Bernal, Julio S ^b   Chaufaux, Josette ^a   Kaiser, Laure ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bt maize; Cry1Ab; Non target; Parasitoid; Transgenic crop

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; FECUNDITY; GROWTH RATE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; MOTH; PARASITOID; PEST CONTROL COMPOUND; PROTEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BRACONIDAE; COTESIA MARGINIVENTRIS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34248191805     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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