Global regulatory burden for field testing of genetically modified trees

Tree Genetics and Genomes

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 221-226

  Viswanath, Venkatesh ^a   Albrectsen, Benedicte R ^b   Strauss, Steven H ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cisgenic; Forest biotechnology; Forest plantations; Genetically engineered trees; Genetically modified trees; Intragenic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858604802     PISSN: 16142942     EISSN: 16142950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11295-011-0445-8     Document Type: Article

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