The Bt-cotton market: Analysis of the Chinese situation within an international perspective;Le marché des variétés de coton-Bt: Analyse de la situation en Chine dans une perspective internationale

Cahiers Agricultures

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-42

  Xu, Naiyin ^a   Fok, Michel ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Cotton; Efficiency; History; Production

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 77953791622     PISSN: 11667699     EISSN: 17775949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/agr.2009.0357     Document Type: Article

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