Europe on transgenic crops: How public plant breeding and eco-transgenics can help in the transatlantic debate

AgBioForum

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 142-148

  Thro, Ann Marie ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthroposophism; Development; Diversity; Environment; GMOs; Organic; Private sector; Public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 17644403461     PISSN: 1522936X     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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