Relationships between exogenous-toxin quantity and increased biomass of transgenic Bt crops under elevated carbon dioxide

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1074-1080

  Chen, Fajun ^a   Wu, Gang ^b   Ge, Feng ^c   Parajulee, Megha N ^d  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Bt toxin quantity; Chilo suppressalis; Dilution effect; Ecological risk; Elevated CO2; Helicoverpa armigera; Target resistance; Transgenic crop

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; CARBON DIOXIDE;

BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COTTON; DILUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; LEAF; RICE; SHOOT; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOMASS; CHILO SUPPRESSALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DILUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; NONHUMAN; PETIOLE; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PEST INTERACTION; PLANT ROOT; RICE; SHOOT; STEM BORER; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC CROP; WORM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENDOTOXINS; GOSSYPIUM; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LEPIDOPTERA; MOTHS; ORYZA SATIVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

CHILO SUPPRESSALIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA;

EID: 79955523497     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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