Cry toxins and proteinase inhibitors in transgenic plants do have non-zero effects on natural enemies in the laboratory: Rebuttal to Shelton et al. 2009

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1528-1532

  Andow, David A ^a   Lvei, Gabor L ^b   Arpaia, Salvatore ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c Trisaia Research Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; LABORATORY METHOD; NATURAL ENEMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOXIN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FOOD CHAIN; GENETICS; META ANALYSIS; PARASITOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOTOXINS; FOOD CHAIN; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEASE INHIBITORS;

EID: 71749098764     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0602     Document Type: Article

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