Effects of transgenic rice expressing bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab protein on ground-dwelling collembolan community in postharvest seasons

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 243-251

  Bai, Y Y ^a,b   Yan, R H ^b   Ye, G Y ^a,c   Huang, F N ^c,d   Cheng, J A ^a,c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bt rice; Collembolan community; Nontarget organisms; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

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

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; INSECT; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PADDY FIELD; PITFALL TRAP; PLANT RESIDUE; PROTEIN; RICE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; POPULATION DENSITY; RICE; SEASON; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BOURLETIELLA CHRISTIANSENI; ENTOMOBRYA GRISEOOLIVATA; HYPOGASTRURA MATURA;

EID: 76649104750     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN09149     Document Type: Article

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