Effectiveness of border areas in confining the spread of transgenic Brassica napus pollen

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 521-526

  Staniland, Beverly K ^a   McVetty, Peter B E ^a   Friesen, Lyle F ^a   Yarrow, Stephen ^b   Freyssinet, Georges ^c   Freyssinet, Martine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Pollen containment; Transgenic canola

Indexed keywords

BROMOXYNIL; CANADA; CULTIVAR; FLOWERING; GENE FLOW; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; OUTCROSSING; POLLEN; POLLEN DISPERSAL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CANOLA; FIELD MARGIN; GENE FLOW; POLLEN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CANADA;

BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 0033808498     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P99-117     Document Type: Article

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