An industry perspective of all-native and transgenic potatoes

AgBioForum

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-19

  Toevs, Elliott A ^a   Guenthner, Joseph F ^a   Johnson, Aaron J ^a   McIntosh, Christopher S ^a   Thornton, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetically modified foods; Intragenic; Potatoes; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 79960692789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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