Transgenic crops: Engineering a more sustainable agriculture?

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-56

  Hubbell, Bryan J ^a,b   Welsh, Rick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Pest control; Policy; Sustainable agriculture; Transgenic crops

Indexed keywords

EID: 54649084573     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007437922114     Document Type: Article

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