Sowing and flowering delays can be an efficient strategy to improve coexistence of genetically modified and conventional maize

Crop Science

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2404-2413

  Palaudelmàs, Montserrat ^a   Melé, Enric ^a   Peñas, Gisela ^a   Pla, Maria ^b   Nadal, Anna ^a   Serra, Joan ^c   Salvia, Jordi ^c   Messeguer, Joaquima ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c IRTA   (Spain)

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ZEA MAYS;

EID: 57149106733     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2007.10.0585     Document Type: Article

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