Modelling pollen-mediated gene flow in rice: Risk assessment and management of transgene escape

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 452-464

  Rong, Jun ^a,b   Song, Zhiping ^a   De Jong, Tom J ^b   Zhang, Xinsheng ^a   Sun, Shuguang ^a   Xu, Xian ^a   Xia, Hui ^a   Liu, Bo ^a   Lu, Bao Rong ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gene flow model; Isolation distance; Outcrossing rate; Pollen competition; Pollen dispersal; Transgene escape

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CROP; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; POLLEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSGENE;

AGRICULTURE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENE FLOW; MODELS, GENETIC; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; ORYZA SATIVA; POLLEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSGENES;

EID: 77956659872     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2009.00488.x     Document Type: Article

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