Economic benefits of genetically-modified herbicide-tolerant canola for producers

AgBioForum

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Gusta, Michael ^a   Smyth, Stuart J ^a   Belcher, Kenneth ^a   Phillips, Peter W B ^a   Castle, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benefits; Canola; Economic impact; Genetically modified; Herbicide tolerant; Herbicide use; Land management

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS;

EID: 79960667797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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