Crop management and agronomic context of the Farm Scale Evaluations of genetically modified herbicide-tolerant crops

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1439, 2003, Pages 1801-1818

  Champion, G T ^a   May, M J ^a   Bennett, S ^b   Brooks, D R ^b   Clark, S J ^b   Daniels, R E ^d   Firbank, L G ^d   Haughton, A J ^b   Hawes, C ^c   Heard, M S ^d   Perry, J N ^b   Randle, Z ^d   Rossall, M J ^d   Rothery, P ^d   Skellern, M P ^b   Scott, R J ^d   Squire, G R ^c   Thomas, M R ^e  

^a Broom's Barn Research Station   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Farming intensity; Maize; Seedbanks; Spring oilseed rape; Sugar beet; Weed management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; SEED BANK; WEED CONTROL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BRASSICA NAPUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0242569909     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1405     Document Type: Article

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