The opportunity for escape of engineered genes from transgenic crops

HortScience

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1080-1085

  Hancock, J F ^a   Grumet, R ^a   Hokanson, S C ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030424379     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.31.7.1080     Document Type: Review

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