Biosafety research for non-target organism risk assessment of RNAi-based GE plants

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue NOVEMBER, 2015, Pages

  Roberts, Andrew F ^a   Devos, Yann ^b   Lemgo, Godwin N Y ^c   Zhou, Xuguo ^d  

^a International Life Sciences Institute   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Italy)

^c NEPAD Agency African Biosafety Network of Expertise   (Burkina Faso)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosafety research; Environmental risk assessment; Non target organisms; Plant biotechnology; RNAi

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947422615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00958     Document Type: Review

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