Risk assessment strategies for transgenic plants

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 647-657

  Talas Oǧraş, Tijen ^a  

^a MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gene flow; Recombinant DNA technology; Risk assessment; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954414715     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-010-0624-5     Document Type: Review

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