Pollen-mediated gene flow in flax (Linum usitatissimum L.): Can genetically engineered and organic flax coexist

Heredity

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 557-566

  Jhala, A J ^a,c   Bhatt, H ^b   Topinka, K ^a   Hall, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adventitious presence; coexistence; conventional; organic; pollen mediated gene flow; regulation

Indexed keywords

LINOLENIC ACID;

ALLELE; BUFFER ZONE; COEXISTENCE; COMMERCIALIZATION; CULTIVAR; DICOTYLEDON; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HARVESTING; POLLEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANADA; FLAX; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ORGANIC FARMING; POLLEN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; CANADA; FLAX; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLEN;

CANADA;

LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EID: 79953076991     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2010.81     Document Type: Article

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