Establishment of transgenic herbicide-resistant creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera L.) in nonagronomic habitats

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 4243-4255

  Reichman, Jay R ^a   Watrud, Lidia S ^a   Lee, E Henry ^a   Burdick, Connie A ^a   Bollman, Mike A ^b   Storm, Marjorie J ^b   King, George A ^b   Mallory Smith, Carol ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b DYNAMAC CORPORATION   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrostis stolonifera; CP4 EPSPS; Creeping bentgrass; Transgene escape

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AGROSTIS; ARTICLE; GENETICS; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; AGROSTIS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; OREGON; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA;

EID: 33746488793     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03072.x     Document Type: Article

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