Segregating GM crops: Why a contentious 'risk' issue in Europe?

Science as Culture

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 255-279

  Levidow, Les ^a   Boschert, Karin ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Ger Advsy Council on Global Change   (Germany)

Author keywords

Admixture; Biotech; Coexistence; Europe; Segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957942660     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09505431.2011.563570     Document Type: Article

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