Bt corn plants and their straw have no apparent impact on soil microbial communities

Plant and Soil

Volumn 329, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 349-364

  Tan, Fengxiao ^a   Wang, Jianwu ^a   Feng, Yuanjiao ^a   Chi, Guoliang ^a   Kong, Hailan ^a   Qiu, Huifeng ^a   Wei, Suling ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bt corn; Microbial community; PCR DGGE; Plant residue; Rhizosphere soil

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTROKINESIS; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYBRID; MAIZE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PLANT RESIDUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; STRAW; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TWINSPAN;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77950367990     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0163-2     Document Type: Article

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