Bt cotton benefits, costs, and impacts in China

AgBioForum

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 153-166

  Huang, Jikun ^a   Hu, Ruifa ^a   Fan, Cuihui ^a   Pray, Carl E ^b   Rozelle, Scott ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; China; Cotton; Economic impacts

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 2942659596     PISSN: 1522936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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