Microbial and microfaunal community structure in cropping systems with genetically modified plants

Pedobiologia

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 195-206

  Griffiths, Bryan S ^a   Caul, Sandra ^a   Thompson, Jacqueline ^a   Birch, A Nicholas E ^a   Cortet, Jérôme ^b   Andersen, Mathias N ^c   Krogh, Paul Henning ^d  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATOIRE SOLS ET ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^d National Environmental Research Institute   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bt maize; Genetically modified crops; Herbicide tolerant maize; Microbial community structure; Nematodes; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CROPPING PRACTICE; GENE EXPRESSION; HERBICIDE; MAIZE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEMATODE; PROTOZOAN; TILLAGE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; FOULUM; FRANCE; JUTLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; VIBORG; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; NEMATODA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; PROTOZOA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34447642840     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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