Safety of virus-resistant transgenic plants two decades after their introduction: Lessons from realistic field risk assessment studies

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2008, Pages 173-202

  Fuchs, Marc ^a   Gonsalves, Dennis ^b  

^a New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; Pathogen derived resistance; Perceived safety issues; Real risks; RNA silencing; Virus transgenes

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; CARICA PAPAYA; PRUNUS DOMESTICA; VITACEAE;

GENETICS; INNATE IMMUNITY; PAPAYA; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT VIRUS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SQUASH; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIROLOGY;

CARICA; CUCURBITA; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT VIRUSES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 35148846381     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.45.062806.094434     Document Type: Review

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