Studying the effect of exposure of the snail Helix aspersa to the purified Bt toxin, Cry1Ab

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 169-172

  Kramarz, Paulina E ^a,b   De Vaufleury, Annette ^b   Carey, Marianne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Ecotoxicological test; Genetically modified plants; Maize

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GASTROPODA; HELIX ASPERSA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34548025845     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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