Aquatic fate and effects of Bacillus thuringiensis CRY3BB1 protein: Toward risk assessment

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 793-798

  Prihoda, Kelsey R ^a   Coats, Joel R ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic; Bacillus thuringiensis; Effects; Fate; Transgenic crops

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PESTS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; NONTARGET EFFECTS; TRANSGENIC CROPS;

BACTERIA; CROPS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DECOMPOSITION; GROWTH RATE; INSECTICIDES; SEDIMENTS;

PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CRY3BB1 PROTEIN; INSECTICIDE; LAKE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; INSECTICIDE; MICROCOSM; NONTARGET ORGANISM; POND; PROTEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TEST; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ADSORPTION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DECOMPOSITION; INVERTEBRATE; LARVA; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXICITY TESTING; TRANSGENIC CROP; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CHIRONOMIDAE; ENDOTOXINS; LARVA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEA MAYS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHIRONOMUS DILUTUS; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 42049103663     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-300.1     Document Type: Article

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