Risk of alfalfa transgene dissemination and scale-dependent effects

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 107-114

  St Amand, P C ^a,c   Skinner, D Z ^a   Peaden, R N ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Dep of Agronomy   (United States)

Author keywords

Escaped plants; Gene flow; Medicago sativa L.; Megachile spp.; Pollen dissemination

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; OUTCROSSING; POLLEN; SEED PRODUCTION; TRANSGENE DISSEMINATION; TRANSGENE;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEGACHILE;

EID: 0033929308     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001220051457     Document Type: Article

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