No sub-lethal toxicity to bumblebees, bombus terrestris, exposed to bt-corn pollen, captan and novaluron

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 435-439

  Malone, L A ^a   Scott Dupree, C D ^b   Todd, J H ^a   Ramankutty, P ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Captan; Novaluron; Transgenic Bt corn pollen

Indexed keywords

BEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGICIDE; GROWTH REGULATOR; MAIZE; POLLEN; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; SURVIVAL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

APOIDEA; BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HEXAPODA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 39049102635     PISSN: 01140671     EISSN: 11758783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01140670709510211     Document Type: Article

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