Challenges and opportunities with GM crops in Vietnam: The case of Bt cotton

Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-23

  Vǎn Tuâát, Nguyêñ ^a   Andow, David A ^b   Fitt, Gary P ^c   Sujii, Edison R ^d   Fontes, Eliana ^d   Just, David R ^e   Quyêén, Lê Quang ^f  

^a MARD   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^f Nhaho Research Institute for Cotton and Agricultural Development   (Viet Nam)

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