Preliminary development of a genetic strategy to prevent transgene escape by blocking effective pollen flow from transgenic plants

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1055-1060

  Singh, Davinder Pal ^a   Jermakow, Angelica M ^a   Swain, Stephen M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Gene flow; Imprinting; Pollen; RNAi; Transgenic crops

Indexed keywords

CROPS; FOOD PRODUCTS; GENE EXPRESSION; HARVESTING; INSECT CONTROL; RNA; SEED;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE FLOW; IMPRINTING; POLLEN; TRANSGENIC CROPS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENE FLOW; HERB; IMPRINTING; POLLEN; RNA; SEED PRODUCTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 36448992971     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP06323     Document Type: Article

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