Genetically engineered flax: Potential benefits, risks, regulations, and mitigation of transgene movement

Crop Science

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1943-1954

  Jhala, Amit J ^a   Weselake, Randall J ^a   Hall, Linda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EID: 70749144798     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2009.05.0251     Document Type: Article

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