The food and environmental safety of Bt crops

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue APR, 2015, Pages

  Koch, Michael S ^a   Ward, Jason M ^a   Levine, Steven L ^a   Baum, James A ^a   Vicini, John L ^a   Hammond, Bruce G ^a  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Cry proteins; Food and feed safety; Genetically modified crops; Safety assessment

Indexed keywords

AVES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84934874976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00283     Document Type: Review

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