The oral toxicity of the transgenic Bt+CpTI cotton pollen to honeybees (Apis mellifera)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1163-1169

  Liu, Biao ^a   Shu, Chang ^b   Xue, Kun ^c   Zhou, Kexin ^a   Li, Xiaogang ^a,d   Liu, Doudou ^a,d   Zheng, Yangping ^a   Xu, Chongren ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MINZU UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cotton; Cry1Ac+CpTI gene; Longevity; Non target; Oral acute toxic effect; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

COTTON; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HONEYBEE; LONGEVITY; NONTARGET ORGANISM; POLLEN; PROTEIN; TOXICITY TEST; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WORKER CASTE;

ARTICLE; COTTON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HONEYBEE; IMAGO; LONGEVITY; MOUTH; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLLEN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TOXICITY; TRANSGENICS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BEES; ENDOTOXINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOSSYPIUM; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LONGEVITY; MONOSACCHARIDES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLEN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA;

EID: 64449085099     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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