Research and development of transgenic plants in Malaysia: An example from an Asian developing country

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 367-375

  Hashim, Marzukhi ^a   Osman, Mohamad ^b   Abdullah, Ruslan ^b   Pillai, Vilasini ^a   Abu Bakar, Umi K ^a   Hashim, Habibuddin ^a   Mat Daud, Hassan ^a  

^a MALAYSIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE MARDI   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Malaysia; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; CROP PRODUCTION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; NUTRITION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

MALAYSIA;

CARICA PAPAYA; ELAEIS; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 12244270389     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650202300410     Document Type: Article

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