Insecticidal activity of Cry3Bb1 expressed in Bt maize on larvae of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 308-319

  Meissle, Michael ^a   Romeis, Jörg ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Bioassay; Biological activity; Chrysomelidae; Coleoptera; Cry toxin; Diabrotica virgifera virgifera; Environmental risk assessment; Soil; Transgenic crop; Western corn rootworm

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIET; BACTERIUM; BEETLE; BIOACTIVITY; BIOASSAY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HERBIVORE; INSECTICIDE; LEAF LITTER; MAIZE; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PROTEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACARI; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA; HEXAPODA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; TETRANYCHIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 65849215081     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2009.00859.x     Document Type: Article

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