Increased fitness of transgenic insecticidal rapeseed under insect selection pressure

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 773-779

  Stewart Jr , C N ^a   All, J N ^b   Raymer, P L ^c   Ramachandran, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Brassica napus; Canola; Ecological risk; Gene flow; GMO; Plutella

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; PLUTELLA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; POACEAE; SINAPIS ARVENSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 8544226949     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1997.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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