Pollen from Cry1Ac/CpTI-transgenic cotton does not affect the pollinating beetle Haptoncus luteolus

Journal of Pest Science

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-14

  Chen, Lizhen ^a   Cui, Jinjie ^b   Ma, Weihua ^a   Niu, Changying ^a   Lei, Chaoliang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Environmental risk assessment; Haptoncus luteolus; Non target effects; Pollinator; Transgenic cotton

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; COTTON; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; LIFE HISTORY; POLLINATOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

APOIDEA; COLEOPTERA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HAPTONCUS LUTEOLUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79952070437     PISSN: 16124758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10340-010-0319-0     Document Type: Article

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