Overwintering of genetically modified sugar beet, Beta vulgaris L. subsp. vulgaris, as a source for dispersal of transgenic pollen

Euphytica

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 181-186

  Pohl Orf, Matthias ^a,d   Brand, Ulrike ^a,b   Drießen, Sarah ^a   Hesse, Peter René ^a   Lehnen, Marcus ^a   Morak, Claudia ^a   Mücher, Thomas ^a   Saeglitz, Christiane ^a   Von Soosten, Cornelia ^a   Bartsch, Detlef ^a,c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TUV Hannover/Sachsen Anhalt eV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beta vulgaris; BNYVV; Herbicide resistance; Overwintering; Risk assessment; Sugar beet; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; GENETIC CROSS; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; PLANT GENETICS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BETA VULGARIS;

EID: 0032770779     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003680931766     Document Type: Article

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