Economics of transgenic herbicide-tolerant canola. The case of western Canada

Food Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 431-442

  Mayer, Holly ^a   Furtan, W H ^b  

^a Dow AgriServices   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; INTROGRESSION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CANOLA; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HERBICIDE;

CANADA;

BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 0032857286     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9192(99)00043-3     Document Type: Article

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