A 2-Year Field Study Shows Little Evidence That the Long-Term Planting of Transgenic Insect-Resistant Cotton Affects the Community Structure of Soil Nematodes

Xiaogang Li; Biao Liu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061670

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A 2-Year Field Study Shows Little Evidence That the Long-Term Planting of Transgenic Insect-Resistant Cotton Affects the Community Structure of Soil Nematodes

Xiaogang Li,

Affiliations Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Environmental Protection of China, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Biao Liu

* E-mail: 85287064@163.com

Affiliation Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Environmental Protection of China, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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A 2-Year Field Study Shows Little Evidence That the Long-Term Planting of Transgenic Insect-Resistant Cotton Affects the Community Structure of Soil Nematodes

Xiaogang Li,
Biao Liu

Published: April 16, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061670

About the Authors

Xiaogang Li

Affiliations Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Environmental Protection of China, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China

Biao Liu

* E-mail: 85287064@163.com

Affiliation Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Environmental Protection of China, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BL XGL. Performed the experiments: XGL. Analyzed the data: XGL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XGL BL. Wrote the paper: XGL.

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