Occurrence of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) populations along roadsides in southern Manitoba, Canada and their potential role in intraspecific gene flow

Transgenic Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 397-407

  Bagavathiannan, Muthukumar V ^a   Gulden, Robert H ^a   van Acker, Rene C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Co existence; Feral alfalfa; Gene flow; Genetic engineering; Trait confinement

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CROP; CROSS BREEDING; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOTYPE; MANITOBA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 79952440564     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-010-9425-2     Document Type: Article

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