Occurrence and field densities of Coleoptera in the maize herb layer: Implications for Environmental Risk Assessment of genetically modified Bt-maize

Transgenic Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 727-744

  Rauschen, Stefan ^a   Schaarschmidt, Frank ^b   Gathmann, Achim ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Environmental Risk Assessment; Genetically modified Bt maize; MON810; MON88017

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MAIZE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BEETLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENT; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZEA MAYS;

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIABROTICA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; OSTRINIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77956483478     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-009-9351-3     Document Type: Article

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