Selection of nontarget arthropod taxa for field research on transgenic insecticidal crops: Using empirical data and statistical power

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Prasifka, J R ^a   Hellmich, R L ^a   Dively, G P ^b   Higgins, L S ^c   Dixon, P M ^d   Duan, J J ^e  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^d Iowa State University   (United States)

^e MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Experimental design; Genetically modified; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ARTHROPOD; INSECTICIDE; LABORATORY METHOD; NONTARGET ORGANISM; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAXONOMY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CROP; ECOLOGY; GENETICS; MAIZE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ECOLOGY; INSECTICIDES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULATION DENSITY; RESEARCH DESIGN; ZEA MAYS;

ARTHROPODA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 39749202246     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2008)37[1:SONATF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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