BT corn has a higher lignin content than non-BT corn

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1704-1706

  Saxena, Deepak ^a   Stotzky, G ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Bt corn; Cry1ab protein; Lignin; Pleiotropic effects; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013375214     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3558416     Document Type: Article

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