Hard to digest or a piece of cake? Does GM wheat affect survival and reproduction of Enchytraeus albidus (Annelida: Enchytraeidae)?

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-58

  Lindfeld, Andreas ^a   Lang, Corsin ^a   Knop, Eva ^a   Nentwig, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Annelids; Decomposition; Enchytraeids; Genetically modified; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; BLUMERIA GRAMINIS; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; ENCHYTRAEUS ALBIDUS; ERYSIPHALES; FUNGI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 78649999950     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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