Genetically modified crops and the environment

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 797-803

  Barton, Joanne E ^a   Dracup, Miles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 0033916309     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2000.924797x     Document Type: Article

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