Biosafety assessment of transgenic plants in the greenhouse and the field - A case study of transgenic cucumber

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 167-174

  Koga Ban, Yasunori ^a   Tabei, Yutaka ^a   Ishimoto, Masao ^b,c   Nishizawa, Yoko ^a   Tsuchiya, Kenichi ^a,d   Imaizumi, Nobuyuki ^a   Nakamura, Hidemitsu ^a   Kayano, Toshiaki ^a   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^e FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chitinase; Genetically modified plant

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 9644259317     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6090/jarq.38.167     Document Type: Article

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