Safety assessment of bacillus thuringiensis and bt crops used in insect control

Food Safety of Proteins in Agricultural Biotechnology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 45-102

  Federici, Brian A ^a   Siegel, Joel P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SDA ARS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; FOOD SUPPLY; MILITARY OPERATIONS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; WORLD WAR II;

CROPS;

EID: 85056304742     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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