Does application matter? An examination of public perception of agricultural biotechnology applications

AgBioForum

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-128

  Knight, Andrew J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; Biotechnology; Cloning; Functional foods; Genetically modified animals; Genetically modified foods; Plant molecular farming; Plant made industrial products; Plant made pharmaceuticals

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33749360298     PISSN: 1522936X     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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