Monitoring the commercial cultivation of Bt maize in Europe - Conclusions and recommendations for future monitoring practice

Environmental Biosafety Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 219-225

  Wilhelm, Ralf ^a   Sanvido, Olivier ^b   Castanera, Pedro ^c   Schmidt, Kerstin ^d   Schiemann, Joachim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^d BIOMATH GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bt maize; Case specific monitoring; Cultivation; General surveillance; Genetically modified plants; Monitoring; Reporting; Stacked events

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; EUROPE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; EUROPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ZEA MAYS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77957778585     PISSN: 16357922     EISSN: 16357930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/ebr/2009018     Document Type: Review

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