Testing pollen of single and stacked insect-resistant Bt-maize on in vitro reared honey bee larvae.

The ecologically and economic important honey bee (Apis mellifera) is a key non-target arthropod species in environmental risk assessment (ERA) of genetically modified (GM) crops. Honey bee larvae are directly exposed to transgenic products by the consumption of GM pollen. But most ERA studies only...

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Main Authors: Harmen P Hendriksma, Stephan Härtel, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3241620?pdf=render