Green revolution: The way forward

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 815-822

  Khush, Gurdev S ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATERING SERVICE; CEREAL; CROP; FORECASTING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; GENOME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PATENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; REVIEW; RICE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOIL; STARVATION;

AGRICULTURE; CEREALS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD SUPPLY; FORECASTING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME, PLANT; HUMANS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; ORYZA SATIVA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOIL; STARVATION;

EID: 0035490936     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35093585     Document Type: Review

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