Correction: Impact of genetically engineered maize on agronomic, environmental and toxicological traits: a meta-analysis of 21 years of field data(Scientific Reports (2017) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-21284-2);Impact of genetically engineered maize on agronomic, environmental and toxicological traits: A meta-analysis of 21 years of field data

Scientific Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Pellegrino, Elisa ^a   Bedini, Stefano ^b   Nuti, Marco ^a,b   Ercoli, Laura ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOTOXIN;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MAIZE; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PLANT DISEASE; PROCEDURES; SOIL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MYCOTOXINS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOIL; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85042184472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-24840-y     Document Type: Erratum

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