Compositional assessment of transgenic crops: an idea whose time has passed

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 555-557

  Herman, Rod A ^a   Chassy, Bruce M ^b   Parrott, Wayne ^c  

^a DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS;

COMPOSITIONAL STUDIES; LAY-OUT; REGULATORY BODIES; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; TRANSGENIC CROPS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGRONOMY; ARTICLE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT BREEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC CROP;

EID: 69949104767     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2009.07.003     Document Type: Note

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