Transgenic Brassica napus fields and Brassica rapa weeds in Quebec: Sympatry and weed-crop in situ hybridization

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1842-1851

  Simard, Marie Josée ^a   Légère, Anne ^b   Warwick, Suzanne I ^c  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bird rape; Canola; Crop weed or weed crop hybrids; Gene flow; Herbicide resistance; Transgenic crops

Indexed keywords

CROPS; GENES; HERBICIDES;

BIRD RAPE; CANOLA; CROP WEED OR WEED CROP HYBRIDS; GENE FLOW; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; TRANSGENIC CROPS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CROP; HYBRIDIZATION; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WEED;

FARM CROPS; GENES; HERBICIDES; PLANTS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

AVES; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA;

EID: 34347272221     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B06-135     Document Type: Article

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