Transgenic crops: Current challenges and future perspectives

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 4667-4676

  Ali, Shaukat ^a   Zafar, Yusuf ^a   Xianyin, Zhang ^b   Ali, Ghulam Muhammad ^a   Jumin, Tu ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biosafety; Environment; Transgenic crops

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE; PLANT DNA; PLANT RNA;

BIOSAFETY; CROSS BREEDING; DNA MODIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD SAFETY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; INSECT RESISTANCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PEST RESISTANCE; PLANT GENETICS; PLEIOTROPY; POLITICS; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSGENIC CROP;

EID: 58649111955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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