How safe is safe enough in plant genetic engineering?

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 276-281

  Käppeli, Othmar ^a   Auberson, Lillian ^a  

^a BATS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC SELECTION; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GENOME; RECOMBINANT DNA; SAFETY;

EID: 0032127613     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(98)01251-5     Document Type: Article

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