A perspective on genetically modified food crops

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1639-1642

  Ekici, Kamil ^a   Sancak, Yakup Can ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biotechnology derived crops; Food crops; Genetic modification; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79956316431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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