Pollen- and seed-mediated transgene flow in commercial cotton seed production fields

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Heuberger, Shannon ^a   Ellers Kirk, Christa ^a   Tabashnik, Bruce E ^a   Carrière, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRY1AC TOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; INSECTICIDAL CRYSTAL PROTEIN, BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PLANTING DENSITY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEED PRODUCTION; TRANSGENE; CROSS BREEDING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

APIS MELLIFERA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CROSSES, GENETIC; ENDOTOXINS; GENE FLOW; GOSSYPIUM; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLEN; SEEDS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 78649761457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014128     Document Type: Article

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