Development and validation of atmospheric gene flow model for assessing environmental risks from transgenic corn crops

International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 18-30

  Wang, Junming ^a   Yang, Xiusheng ^b  

^a TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn; Gene flow; Model; Pollen; Random walk; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79551512084     PISSN: 19346344     EISSN: 19346352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3965/j.issn.1934-6344.2010.02.018-030     Document Type: Article

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