Grain yield increase and pollen containment by plus-hybrids could improve acceptance of transgenic maize

Crop Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 909-919

  Munsch, Magali A ^a,b   Stamp, Peter ^a   Christov, Nikolai K ^c   Foueillassar, Xavier M ^d   Hüsken, Alexandra ^e   Camp, Karl Heinz ^b   Weider, Christophe ^a  

^a IPAS   (United States)

^b Delley Seeds and Plants ^*  (Switzerland)

^c AGROBIOINSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

^d ARVALIS Institut Du Végétal   (France)

^e Institute for Biosafety of Genetically Modified Plants   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77951081099     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2009.03.0117     Document Type: Article

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