Modified ethylene signaling as an example of engineering for complex traits: Secondary effects and implications for environmental risk assessment

HortScience

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-101

  Little, Holly A ^a   Grumet, Rebecca ^a   Hancock, James F ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosafety; Ethylene; Genetic engineering; Genetically modified crops; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849094561     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.44.1.94     Document Type: Review

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