Fate of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Cry3Bb1 protein in a soil microcosm

Chemosphere

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1102-1107

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

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissipation; Fate; Half life; Macrodecomposers; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BACTERIOLOGY; CROPS; HARVESTING; LEACHING; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; SULFATE MINERALS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CROP RESIDUES; DISSIPATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FATE; HALF-LIFE; LABORATORY MICROCOSMS; LEAF TISSUES; LIMIT OF QUANTIFICATION; MACRODECOMPOSERS; POST-HARVEST; SOIL EXTRACTS; TRANSGENIC; TRANSGENIC CROPS;

PROTEINS;

PROTEIN CRYBB1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; CROP RESIDUE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GENE EXPRESSION; HALF LIFE; MAIZE; MICROCOSM; PROTEIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CORN; DECOMPOSITION; MICROCOSM; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOIL STRUCTURE; TRANSGENIC CROP;

ENDOTOXINS; HALF-LIFE; INSECTICIDES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOIL; ZEA MAYS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; COLEOPTERA; COLLEMBOLA; ISOPODA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 53049110856     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.07.025     Document Type: Article

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