Effect of border rows and trap/donor ratios on pollen-mediated gene movement

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1075-1081

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

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucumis sativus L., cucumber; Gene escape; Gene flow; Long distance gene movement; Pollen movement; Transgenic risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 0030776020     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[1075:EOBRAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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