Soil persistence of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxin from transgenic Bt cotton tissues and its effect on soil enzyme activities

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 617-620

  Sun, C X ^a,b   Chen, L J ^a,c   Wu, Z J ^a   Zhou, L K ^a   Shimizu, H ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxin; Soil enzyme activity; Transgenic Bt cotton

Indexed keywords

COTTON; DECOMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PERSISTENCE; SILTY LOAM; SOIL AMENDMENT; TOXIN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 34547432160     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-006-0158-6     Document Type: Article

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