Size matters: Significant negative relationship between mature plant mass and residual neonicotinoid levels in seed-treated oilseed rape and maize crops

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 215, Issue , 2016, Pages 85-88

  Balfour, Nicholas J ^a   Carreck, Norman L ^a,b   Blanchard, Héloïse E ^a   Ratnieks, Francis L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b International Bee Research Association   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agronomy; Honey bees; Neonicotinoids; Non lethal Toxicity; Non target Species

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CANOLA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; EUROPEAN UNION; HONEYBEE; INTERNATIONAL LAW; MAIZE; MATURATION; NEONICOTINOID PESTICIDE; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PHYTOMASS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEED TREATMENT; SIZE EFFECT;

ENGLAND; SUSSEX; UNITED KINGDOM;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BRASSICA NAPUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84942354230     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2015.09.020     Document Type: Article

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