Risks and consequences of gene flow from herbicide-resistant crops: Canola (Brassica napus L) as a case study

Pest Management Science

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 292-300

  Légère, Anne ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Canola; Gene flow; Herbicide resistance; Oilseed rape; Transgenic crop

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE;

CANOLA; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENE FLOW; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROECOSYSTEM; CASE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST CONTROL; CROP; CROPPING SYSTEM; DORMANCY; FERTILIZATION; FLOWERING; GENE; GENE FLOW; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HARVEST; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; HR GENE; HYBRID; INTROGRESSION; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; PROGENY; RAPESEED; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMPATRY; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WEED;

BRASSICA NAPUS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HERBICIDES; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLEN; RISK; SEEDS; TRANSGENES;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 14644399889     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.975     Document Type: Conference Paper

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