GM crops, organic agriculture and breeding for sustainability

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4273-4286

  Ceccarelli, Salvatore ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Evolutionary plant breeding; Genetic engineering; Organic agriculture; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; CROP YIELD; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; ORGANIC FARMING; PLANT BREEDING; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84904339311     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6074273     Document Type: Article

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