Transgenic vegetable crops: Progress, potentials, and prospects

Plant Breeding Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 151-246

  Dias, João Silva ^a   Ortiz, Rodomiro ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biosafety; Gene flow; GM crops; Horticulture; Integrated pest management; Plant breeding

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM; DAUCUS CAROTA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; LACTUCA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; SOLANUM MELONGENA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84859606093     PISSN: 07302207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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