Extrapolating non-target risk of Bt crops from laboratory to field

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-77

  Duan, Jian J ^a   Lundgren, Jonathan G ^b   Naranjo, Steve ^c   Marvier, Michelle ^d  

^a USDA ARS   (United States)

^b NORTH CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bt crops; Meta analysis; Non target effects; Risk assessment; Transgenic crops

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CROP PLANT; INSECT; INSECTICIDE; META-ANALYSIS; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PEST RESISTANCE; PROTEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 77449160718     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0612     Document Type: Article

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