Fitness of double vs. single herbicide-resistant canola

Weed Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 489-498

  Simard, Marie Josée ^a   Légère, Anne ^a   Séguin Swartz, Ginette ^b,c   Nair, Harikumar ^b,c   Warwick, Suzanne ^d  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Bioriginal Food and Science Corporation   (Canada)

^d OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fitness; Glufosinate resistant; Glyphosate resistant; Herbicide resistance; Imidazolinone resistant; Stacked genes; Transgenic crop; Volunteer canola

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CANOLA; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CULTIVAR; FITNESS; GENE FLOW; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; PEST RESISTANCE; SEED PRODUCTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33748057837     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-04-207R1     Document Type: Article

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