Popular misconceptions: Agricultural biotechnology

New Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 724-728

  McHughen, Alan ^a   Wager, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HERBICIDE TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGRICULTURE; ATTITUDE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMMUNICATION; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; HUMANS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 78649703102     PISSN: 18716784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2010.03.006     Document Type: Note

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