Transgenic plants for tropical regions: Some considerations about their development and their transfer to the small farmer

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 5978-5981

  Herrera Estrella, Luis ^a  

^a Ctro de Invest y Estud Avanzados   (Mexico)

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Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TROPICS;

EID: 0033039567     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.11.5978     Document Type: Article

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