Consumption of Bt rice pollen containing Cry1C or Cry2A does not pose a risk to Propylea japonica (Thunberg) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Li, Yunhe ^a   Zhang, Xiaojie ^a,b   Chen, Xiuping ^a   Romeis, Jorg ^a,c   Yin, Xinming ^b   Peng, Yufa ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LEUCINE; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BEETLE; BRASSICA RAPA; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; ORYZA; POLLEN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BEETLES; BRASSICA RAPA; LARVA; LEUCINE; ORYZA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLEN;

EID: 84927918016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07679     Document Type: Article

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