Modelling the spread of pollen from Lolium perenne. The implications for the release of wind-pollinated transgenics

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 971-974

  Giddings, G ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lolium perenne; Modelling; Pollen dispersal; Transgenics

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MODEL; POLLEN; SCALE-UP; SIMULATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WIND POLLINATION;

LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 0034097525     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001220051378     Document Type: Article

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