Reproductive phenology of transgenic Brassica napus cultivars: Effect on intraspecific gene flow

Environmental Biosafety Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 123-131

  Simard, Marie Josée ^a   Légère, Anne ^b   Willenborg, Christian J ^c  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Canola; Genetic purity; Genetically modified organisms; Herbicide resistant crops; Oilseed rape; Pollen mediated gene flow; Transgenic contamination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENE FLOW; HYBRIDIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; RAPESEED; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BRASSICA NAPUS; FLOWERS; GENE FLOW; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLINATION;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS;

EID: 73549103817     PISSN: 16357922     EISSN: 16357930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/ebr/2009013     Document Type: Article

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