Field Evaluation of Bt Cotton Crop Impact on Nontarget Pests: Cotton Aphid and Boll Weevil

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 102-111

  Sujii, E R ^a   Togni, P H B ^b   de A Ribeiro, P ^c   de A Bernardes, T ^d   Milane, P V G N ^d   Paula, D P ^a   Pires, C S S ^a   Fontes, E M G ^a  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d Undergraduates of Medicine in the University Center of Brasilia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biosafety; cry toxin; herbivory; nontarget organism; sustainable pest management

Indexed keywords

ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS; APHIDIDAE; APHIS GOSSYPII; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; FORMICIDAE; GOSSYPIUM; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEMIPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA;

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

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAZIL; GOSSYPIUM; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WEEVIL;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; APHIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRAZIL; ENDOTOXINS; GOSSYPIUM; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; WEEVILS;

EID: 84873255118     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: 16788052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13744-012-0094-0     Document Type: Article

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