Influences of transgenic insectresistant plants on honeybees.
Author of the article:LIU Yan-He,CHEN Sheng-Lu
Author's Workplace:(College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou310029,China).
Key Words:Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxin protein; proteinase inhibitor; Apis mellifera; transgenic plants
Abstract:Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxin protein genes and proteinase inhibitor (PI) genes are two kinds of genes widely used in gene engineering of insectresistant plants. Bttoxin protein has no toxic effects on honeybees, but it has deleterious effects on