Pollen dispersal from two field trials of transgenic cotton in the Namoi Valley, Australia

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 157-166

  Llewellyn, Danny ^a   Fitt, Gary ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biosafety; Containment; Pollen dispersal; Transgene; Transgenic cotton

Indexed keywords

BIOHAZARDS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AUSTRALIA; BIOSAFETY; BUFFER ZONES; CONTAINMENT; FIELD TRIAL; POLLEN DISPERSAL; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENEIC PLANTS; TRANSGENIC COTTON; TRANSGENICS;

COTTON;

EID: 0000832784     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00441430     Document Type: Article

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