Quantification of toxins in a Cry1Ac + CpTI cotton cultivar and its potential effects on the honey bee Apis mellifera L.

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1452-1459

  Han, Peng ^a   Niu, Chang Ying ^a   Lei, Chao Liang ^a   Cui, Jin Jie ^b   Desneux, Nicolas ^c  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

ELISA; Feeding behaviour; Honey bees; Risk assessment; Transgenic cotton pollen

Indexed keywords

COWPEA TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; CRY1AC TOXIN; IMIDACLOPRID; PLANT TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; INSECTICIDE; NITRO DERIVATIVE;

COTTON; CULTIVAR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HONEYBEE; MORTALITY; POLLEN; POLLINATOR; POLLUTION EFFECT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TOXIN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; CULTIVAR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HONEYBEE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ANIMAL; BEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHINA;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BEES; ENDOTOXINS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GOSSYPIUM; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLEN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79952279063     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-010-0530-z     Document Type: Article

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