Genetically modified crops: An overview

Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 136-148

  Srivastava, Navin ^a   Gupta, Vijai Kumar ^b,c   Pati, Rajesh ^a   Gaur, Rajarshi Kumar ^c  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR SUBTROPICAL HORTICULTURE   (India)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c MITS University   (India)

Author keywords

Genetic material; Particular trait; Transgenic crops; Transgenics crops

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL BREEDING; GENETIC MATERIALS; GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS; GM CROPS; INSECT PEST; PARTICULAR TRAIT; PLANT VIRUS; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; TRANSGENIC CROPS; TRANSGENICS; TRANSGENICS CROPS;

DNA; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA; VIRUSES;

CROPS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 79957993007     PISSN: 1682296X     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/biotech.2011.136.148     Document Type: Article

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