Assessment of biological and biochemical indicators in soil under transgenic Bt and non-Bt cotton crop in a sub-tropical environment

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 156, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 595-604

  Sarkar, Binoy ^a,b   Patra, Ashok K ^a   Purakayastha, T J ^a   Megharaj, Mallavarapu ^b  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bt toxin; Microbial biomass; Soil enzymes; Transgenic Bt cotton

Indexed keywords

AGRO ECOSYSTEMS; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE ACTIVITY; BIOCHEMICAL INDICATORS; BT COTTON; BT-TOXIN; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL QUOTIENT; N MINERALIZATION; NITRATE REDUCTASE; ROOT DRY WEIGHT; ROOT SAMPLES; ROOT VOLUME; SANDY CLAY LOAM SOILS; SANDY LOAM SOILS; SOIL ENZYME ACTIVITY; SOIL ENZYMES; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRANSGENIC BT-COTTON; TRANSGENICS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS; UNDESIRABLE EFFECTS;

BIOMASS; CATALYSTS; CLAY MINERALS; COTTON; CROPS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; FORESTRY; IMPULSE NOISE; ORGANIC CARBON; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

SOILS;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CARBON; CRY1AC TOXIN; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; COTTON; CULTIVATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGROECOSYSTEM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; CROP; CULTIVATED SPECIES; DRY WEIGHT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; RHIZOSPHERE; SANDY LOAM; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOWING; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOMASS; CARBON; ENDOTOXINS; GOSSYPIUM; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 68649123634     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0508-y     Document Type: Article

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