A review of the food safety of bt crops

Bacillus thuringiensis Biotechnology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 305-325

  Hammond, Bruce G ^a   Koch, Michael S ^a  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bt crops; Consumption of Cry proteins; Cry proteins; Food safety; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931369069     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-3021-2_16     Document Type: Chapter

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