Direct comparison of pollen-mediated movement of native and engineered genes

Euphytica

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 397-403

  Hokanson, Stan C ^a,b   Hancock, James F ^a   Grumet, Rebecca ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucumis melo; Gene movement; Gene silencing; Pollen flow; Risk assessment; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030760416     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003061501477     Document Type: Article

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