Risk Assessment of GM Crops - Does the Road Ahead Need to be Long and Winding?

Gene Flow from GM Plants

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 225-238

  Poppy, Guy M ^a   Wilkinson, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; European union; Gene flow; GM crops; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846193669     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470988497.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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