Farmers' interest in growing GM crops in the UK, in the context of a range of on-farm coexistence issues

AgBioForum

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-21

  Jones, Philip J ^a   Tranter, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coexistence measures; Farmer attitudes; GM crops; Maize; Oilseed rape; Sugar beet

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905122891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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