Sensitivity of the cereal leaf beetle Oulema melanopus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) to Bt maize-expressed Cry3Bb1 and Cry1Ab

Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 203-211

  Meissle, Michael ^a   Knecht, Simon ^b   Waldburger, Mario ^a   Romeis, Jörg ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b Landplan AG Büro für Landschaftsgestaltung   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Bt crops; Genetically modified plants; Herbivore; Non target effects; Transgenic crops

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BEETLE; CEREAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; HERBIVORE; MAIZE; NONTARGET ORGANISM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; OULEMA MELANOPUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84861460961     PISSN: 18728855     EISSN: 18728847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11829-011-9178-8     Document Type: Article

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