Scant evidence supports EPA's pyramided Bt corn refuge size of 5%

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 577-578

  Alyokhin, Andrei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS TOXIN; CRY 1A.105 TOXIN; CRY1F TOXIN; CRY2AB2 TOXIN; CRY34AB1 TOXIN; CRY35AB1 TOXIN; CRY3BB1 TOXIN; DELTAMETHRIN; PLANT TOXIN; PYRETHROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CORN; CROSS RESISTANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GOVERNMENT; HETEROZYGOTE; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; LETTER; MAIZE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLANT IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBLISHING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENDOTOXINS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79960216546     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.1911     Document Type: Letter

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