The past, present and future of crop genetic modification

New Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 461-465

  Fedoroff, Nina V ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF STATE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; FRESH WATER; GENETIC MODIFICATIONS; GM CROPS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT BREEDING; POPULATION PRESSURE; PRODUCTIVITY INCREASE; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CROPS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MACHINERY;

PRODUCTIVITY;

AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; DNA MODIFICATION; DOMESTICATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL FERTILIZATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD SUPPLY; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 78649516568     PISSN: 18716784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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