Plant genetic engineering is a fact, it is an efficient and necessary breeding technique, and it is both a challenge and a solution that will be accepted by the public

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 625, Issue , 2003, Pages 425-437

  Altman, Arie ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abiotic and biotic stress; Bioethics; Biosafety; Biotechnology; Drought and salinity tolerance; GM crops

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956776965     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.625.51     Document Type: Conference Paper

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