Toward two decades of plant biotechnology: Successes, failures, and prospects

Food and Energy Security

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-28

  Halford, Nigel G ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crop improvement; Food safety; Food security; Genetic modification; GM crops; Plant breeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893376565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20483694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fes3.3     Document Type: Review

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