Ecological risks of transgenic virus-resistant crops

Genetically Engineered Organisms: Assessing Environmental and Human Health Effects

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 125-142

  Power, Alison G ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420042030     Document Type: Chapter

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