Field-grown Bt and non-Bt corn: Yield, chemical composition, and decomposability

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 486-493

  Yanni, Sandra F ^a   Whalen, Joann K ^a   Ma, Bao Luo ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79952774973     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2010.0367     Document Type: Article

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