Response to the criticism by Taube et al. In ESE 23:1, 2011, on the booklet "Green Genetic Engineering" published by the German research foundation (DFG);Stellungnahme zur Kritik von Taube et al. an der DFG-Broschüre "Grüne Gentechnik" in ESE 23:1, 2011

Environmental Sciences Europe

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Broer, Inge ^a   Jung, Christian ^b   Ordon, Frank ^c   Qaim, Matin ^a   Reinhold Hurek, Barbara ^d   Sonnewald, Uwe ^e   Von Tiedemann, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arginine; Bt resistance; Food security; GMO crops; Green Genetic Engineering; Herbicide tolerance; Unbiased science

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958226599     PISSN: 21904707     EISSN: 21904715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2190-4715-23-16     Document Type: Review

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