Socioeconomic impacts of Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) cotton

Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry

Volumn 65, Issue , 2010, Pages 221-240

  Qaim, M ^a   Subramanian, A ^b   Sadashivappa, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 84891893355     PISSN: 0934943X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04796-1_12     Document Type: Chapter

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