The effects of Bt Cry1Ah toxin on worker honeybees (Apis mellifera ligustica and Apis cerana cerana)

Apidologie

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 384-391

  Dai, Ping Li ^a,b   Zhou, Wei ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Jiang, Wei Yu ^a   Wang, Qiang ^a,b   Cui, Hong Juan ^a   Sun, Ji Hu ^c   Wu, Yan Yan ^a,b   Zhou, Ting ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^c SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apis cerana cerana; Apis mellifera ligustica; Bacillus thuringiensis; Cry1Ah toxin; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HONEYBEE; LONGEVITY; MAIZE; NONTARGET ORGANISM; POLLEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUGAR; SURVIVAL; TOXIN; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WORKER CASTE;

APIS; APIS CERANA; APIS CERANA CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA LIGUSTICA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84867150078     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-011-0103-z     Document Type: Article

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