Adventitious presence: Volunteer flax (Linum usitatissimum) in herbicide-resistant canola (Brassica napus)

Weed Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 244-252

  Jhala, Amit J ^a   Raatz, Lisa L ^b   Dexter, Jody E ^c   Hall, Linda M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comingling; Herbicide resistance; mitigation; seed mediated gene flow; weed

Indexed keywords

CANOLA; GENE FLOW; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; HERB; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; SEED PRODUCTION; WEED CONTROL; YIELD;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EID: 77954262038     PISSN: 0890037X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WT-D-09-00003.1     Document Type: Article

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