The role of laboratory, glasshouse and field scale experiments in understanding the interactions between genetically modified crops and soil ecosystems: A review of the ECOGEN project

Pedobiologia

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 251-260

  Birch, A Nicholas E ^a   Griffiths, Bryan S ^a   Caul, Sandra ^a   Thompson, Jacqueline ^a   Heckmann, Lars H ^b,c   Krogh, Paul H ^b   Cortet, Jérôme ^d,e  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d LABORATOIRE SOLS ET ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Ecotoxicology; Genetically modified crops; Tiered ecotoxicological testing

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MAIZE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEMATODE; PESTICIDE; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARTHROPODA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GASTROPODA; NEMATODA; PROTOZOA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34447622457     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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