Plants with stacked genetically modified events: To assess or not to assessα

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 70-73

  Kok, Esther J ^a   Pedersen, Jan ^b   Onori, Roberta ^c   Sowa, Slawomir ^d   Schauzu, Marianna ^e   De Schrijver, Adinda ^f   Teeri, Teemu H ^g  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d PLANT BREEDING AND ACCLIMATIZATION INSTITUTE NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^e FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^f SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Genetically modified organism; Safety assessment; Stacked GM event

Indexed keywords

GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; STACKED GM EVENT;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS;

FOOD SAFETY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT GENE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; SAFETY ASSESSMENT; STACKED GM EVENT;

EUROPE; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84892843281     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: 18793096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2013.12.001     Document Type: Review

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