Quantification of low-level GM seed presence in Canadian commercial flax stocks

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Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-35

  Booker, Helen M ^a   Lamb, Eric G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cdc triffid; Flax (Linum usitatissimum); Gmo; Seed purity analysis; Seed testing; Statistical methods; Transgenic seeds

Indexed keywords

LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EID: 84865978372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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