Farm questionnaires for monitoring genetically modified crops: A case study using GM maize

Environmental Biosafety Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 163-179

  Schmidt, Kerstin ^a   Wilhelm, Ralf ^b   Schmidtke, Jörg ^a   Beißner, Lutz ^b,c   Mönkemeyer, Wenke ^a   Böttinger, Petra ^b   Sweet, Jeremy ^d   Schiemann, Joachim ^b  

^a BIOMATH GMBH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^c KWS SAAT SE   (Germany)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data acquisition; Farm questionnaires; general surveillance; Genetically modified plants; GMO; GMP; Influencing factor; Maize; Monitoring; Monitoring character

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAIZE; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PLANT DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; MOTHS; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; QUESTIONNAIRES; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 52749083780     PISSN: 16357922     EISSN: 16357930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/ebr:2008015     Document Type: Article

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