Monitoring the occurrence of genetically modified oilseed rape growing along a Japanese roadside: 3-year observations

Environmental Biosafety Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-44

  Nishizawa, Toru ^a   Nakajima, Nobuyoshi ^a   Aono, Mitsuko ^a   Tamaoki, Masanori ^a   Da Kubo, Akihiro ^a   Saji, Hikaru ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Genetically modified crop; Loss and spillage; Oilseed rape; Roadside population; Seed dispersal by vehicles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROP; CROSS BREEDING; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; JAPAN; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAPESEED; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BRASSICA NAPUS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CROSSES, GENETIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENE FLOW; HERBICIDE RESISTANCE; JAPAN; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDS; TRANSPORTATION;

BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 67650340291     PISSN: 16357922     EISSN: 16357930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/ebr/2009001     Document Type: Article

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