Biotechnology, genetic modification, organic farming and nutrition security

Phytomorphology: An International Journal of Plant Morphology

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 19-30

  Swaminathan, M S ^a  

^a M S SWAMINATHAN RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CROPS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FARMS; FERTILIZERS; NUTRITION; PESTICIDES; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTEINS;

MOLECULAR BREEDING;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ECOLOGY; FARM CROPS; FERTILIZERS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUTRITION; PRODUCTIVITY;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0035787524     PISSN: 00319449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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