Transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) rice is safer to aquatic ecosystems than its non-transgenic counterpart

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Li, Guangsheng ^a   Wang, Yongmo ^a   Liu, Biao ^b   Zhang, Guoan ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; WATER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; FRESH WATER; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOSAFETY; CERTIFICATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRY1AB GENE; CRY1AC GENE; CRY2A GENE; DAPHNIA MAGNA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM CAUDATUM; PLANT GENE; PLANT GROWTH; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; REPRODUCTION; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; RICE; SEASON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; ZOOPLANKTON; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAPHNIA; DRUG EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DAPHNIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOTOXINS; FRESH WATER; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; ORYZA SATIVA; PARAMECIUM CAUDATUM; PESTICIDES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84905649975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104270     Document Type: Article

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