Field decomposition of transgenic Bt maize residue and the impact on non-target soil invertebrates

Plant and Soil

Volumn 300, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 245-257

  Zwahlen, C ^a,b   Hilbeck, A ^c   Nentwig, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acarina; Annelida; Collembola; Decomposition process; Risk assessment; Transgenic Bt corn

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CROP RESIDUE; DECOMPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION; MAIZE; PEST SPECIES; PROTEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA; TOXIN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACARI; ANNELIDA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR BERLINER; COLLEMBOLA; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; ENTOMOBRYIDAE; GAMASINA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOTOMIDAE; ORIBATIDA; TULLBERGIINAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 35748978552     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9410-6     Document Type: Article

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