Genetically engineered plants and foods: A scientist's analysis of the issues (part I)

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 59, Issue , 2008, Pages 771-812

  Lemaux, Peggy G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; Biotechnology; Crops; Food safety; Genetic engineering; Risks

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

CLASSIFICATION; CROP; FOOD HANDLING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; GENETICS; HUMAN; POTATO; REVIEW; SAFETY; STANDARD; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DNA, PLANT; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SAFETY; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 44949226052     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: 15452123     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.58.032806.103840     Document Type: Review

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