Potential effects of oilseed rape expressing oryzacystatin-1 (OC-1) and of purified insecticidal proteins on larvae of the solitary bee Osmia bicornis.

Despite their importance as pollinators in crops and wild plants, solitary bees have not previously been included in non-target testing of insect-resistant transgenic crop plants. Larvae of many solitary bees feed almost exclusively on pollen and thus could be highly exposed to transgene products ex...

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Published in:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: Roger Konrad, Natalie Ferry, Angharad M R Gatehouse, Dirk Babendreier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2441441?pdf=render