Environmental impact from plant biotechnology

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 792, Issue , 1996, Pages 99-105

  Bright, Simon W J ^a   Greenland, Andrew J ^b   Halpin, Claire M ^a,c   Schuch, Wolfgang W ^a   Dunwell, James M ^b,d  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^b JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 0029835254     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb32496.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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