No differences in decomposition rates observed between Bacillus thuringiensis and non-Bacillus thuringiensis corn residue incubated in the field

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 163-168

  Lehman, R Michael ^a   Osborne, Shannon L ^a   Rosentrater, Kurt A ^a  

^a NORTH CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROTEINS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS CORN; LEPTIDOPTERAN; RESIDUE DECOMPOSITION RATES;

CROPS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; COLEOPTERA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 38349182292     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2007.0123     Document Type: Article

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