Determination of insecticidal Cry1Ab protein in soil collected in the final growing seasons of a nine-year field trial of Bt-maize MON810

Transgenic Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-88

  Gruber, Helga ^a,b,d   Paul, Vijay ^b,c   Meyer, Heinrich H D ^b   Müller, Martin ^a  

^a Institute for Crop Science and Plant Breeding   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON YAK   (India)

^d BAVARIAN HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biosafety; Bt maize MON810; Cry1Ab protein; ELISA; Genetically modified maize; Long term field trial; Soil

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAIZE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SOIL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOTOXINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOIL; ZEA MAYS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84856209712     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-011-9509-7     Document Type: Article

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