Second-generation Bt cotton field trials in Burkina Faso: Analyzing the potential benefits to west African farmers

Crop Science

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1958-1966

  Vitale, Jeffrey ^a   Glick, Harvey ^b   Greenplate, John ^b   Abdennadher, Mourad ^b   Traoré, Oula ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^c INERA   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 54949096578     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2008.01.0024     Document Type: Article

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