Exposure and effects assessments of Bt-maize on non-target organisms (gastropods, microarthropods, mycorrhizal fungi) in microcosms

Pedobiologia

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 185-194

  de Vaufleury, Annette ^a   Kramarz, Paulina E ^a,b   Binet, Philippe ^a   Cortet, Jérome ^c   Caul, Sandra ^d   Andersen, Mathias N ^e   Plumey, Emmanuelle ^a   Coeurdassier, Michael ^a   Krogh, Paul H ^f  

^a University of Franche Comté   (France)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^f Department of terrestrial Ecology National Environment Research ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bt maize; Cry1Ab; Microarthropods; Mycorrhizal fungi; Non target soil organisms; Snails

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FUNGUS; MAIZE; MICROCOSM; MYCORRHIZA; SNAIL; SOIL FAUNA; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

COLLEMBOLA; FUNGI; GAMASIDA; GASTROPODA; HELIX ASPERSA; ORIBATIDA; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34447620078     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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