Genetically modified crops and the agroecosystem: Comments on "genetically modified crops: Risks and promise" by Gordon Conway

Ecology and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages

  Pimentel, David ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Bacillus thuringiensis (B.t.); Biotechnology; Economics; Ecosystems; Genetic engineering; GM crops; Herbicides

Indexed keywords

EID: 4243616271     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00159-040110     Document Type: Review

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