Setting the record straight: A rebuttal to an erroneous analysis on transgenic insecticidal crops and natural enemies

Transgenic Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 317-322

  Shelton, Anthony M ^a   Naranjo, Steven E ^b   Romeis, Jörg ^c   Hellmich, Richard L ^d   Wolt, Jeffrey D ^d   Federici, Brian A ^e   Albajes, Ramon ^f   Bigler, Franz ^c   Burgess, Elisabeth P J ^g   Dively, Galen P ^h   Gatehouse, Angharad M R ⁱ   Malone, Louise A ^g   Roush, Richard ^j   Sears, Mark ^k   Sehnal, Frantisek ^l  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^g THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^h Bldg 142   (United States)

ⁱ NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^l Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CROP; ECOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOLOGY; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 67349194658     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-009-9260-5     Document Type: Article

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