Risk assessment of virus-resistant transgenic plants

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2002, Pages 467-491

  Tepfer, Mark ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biosafety; Ecological impact; GMO; VRTP

Indexed keywords

CAULIMOVIRUS; ECOLOGY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC VECTORS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT VIRUSES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036031307     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.40.120301.093728     Document Type: Review

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