Putative effects of Cry1Ab to larvae of Adalia bipunctata-reply to Hilbeck et al. (2012)

Environmental Sciences Europe

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Romeis, Jörg ^a   Álvarez Alfageme, Fernando ^a   Bigler, Franz ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bt maize; Environmental risk assessment; Ladybird beetles; MON810; Non target organisms

Indexed keywords

ADALIA BIPUNCTATA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; TETRANYCHIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

BEETLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; LARVA; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

EID: 84867090066     PISSN: 21904707     EISSN: 21904715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2190-4715-24-18     Document Type: Article

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