Comparing the performance of official and unofficial genetically modified cotton in India

AgBioForum

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-6

  Morse, Stephen ^a   Bennett, Richard ^a   Ismael, Yousouf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bt cotton; GM crops; Gujarat; India

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; COLEOPTERA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 21644481165     PISSN: 1522936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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