The role of abiotic factors, cultivation practices and soil fauna in the dispersal of genetically modified microorganisms in soils

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-131

  Dighton, John ^a   Jones, Helen E ^b   Robinson, Clare H ^c   Beckett, John ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultivation practices; Dispersal; Genetically modified microorganisms; Soil fauna; Soil structure

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULAR ORGANISMS; DIPLOPODA; ISOPODA; LUMBRICIDAE; NEMATODA; PROTOZOA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0000551043     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(96)00137-0     Document Type: Review

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