Potential surrogate plants for use in semi-field pesticide risk assessment with Megachile rotundata

Background Current regulatory pesticide risk assessments for bees are based primarily on the honey bee (Apis mellifera) and may not always be protective of solitary bees. To incorporate solitary bees into the risk assessment process, standardized methods to assess the hazard of pesticides under semi...

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Main Authors: Andrew J. Frewin, Angela E. Gradish, Graham R. Ansell, Cynthia D. Scott-Dupree
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019-01-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/6278.pdf