Altered pesticide use on transgenic crops and the associated general impact from an environmental perspective

Pest Management Science

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1107-1115

  Kleter, Gijs A ^a   Bhula, Raj ^b   Bodnaruk, Kevin ^c   Carazo, Elizabeth ^d   Felsot, Allan S ^e   Harris, Caroline A ^f   Katayama, Arata ^g   Kuiper, Harry A ^a   Racke, Kenneth D ^h   Rubin, Baruch ⁱ   Shevah, Yehuda ^j   Stephenson, Gerald R ^k   Tanaka, Keiji ^l   Unsworth, John ^m   Wauchope, R Donald ⁿ   Wong, Sue Sun ⁿ  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority   (Australia)

^c AKC Consultants Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Exponent International Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^g NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

ⁱ HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^j TAHAL Consulting Engineers Ltd   (Israel)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^l DAIICHI SANKYO CO   (Japan)

^m United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service ^*

ⁿ TAIWAN AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

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Author keywords

Environmental impact; Genetically modified crops; Indicators; Pesticide usage

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; PEST CONTROL; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UNITED STATES;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 35649026359     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1448     Document Type: Review

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