Interactions between Bt transgenic crops and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: A new urgent issue of soil ecology in agroecosystems

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-192

  Wenke, Liu ^a   Lianfeng, Du ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b Beijing Academy of Science and Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; AMF; Bt toxins; Bt transgenic crops; Diversity; Ecological risks; Non target effects

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; FUNGI;

EID: 37249040102     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710701478339     Document Type: Article

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