Identification of relevant non-target organisms exposed to weevil-resistant Bt sweetpotato in Uganda

3 Biotech

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 217-226

  Rukarwa, R J ^a   Mukasa, S B ^a   Odongo, B ^b   Ssemakula, G ^c   Ghislain, M ^d  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b African Institute for Capacity Development   (Kenya)

^c National Crops Resources Research Institute NaCRRI   (Uganda)

^d INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cry proteins; Environmental risk assessment; Sweetpotato weevil

Indexed keywords

CRY1AB TOXIN;

ARTHROPOD; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEET POTATO; TAXONOMY; TRANSGENIC CROP; UGANDA; WEEVIL;

EID: 84962628198     PISSN: 2190572X     EISSN: 21905738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13205-013-0153-1     Document Type: Review

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