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From Pots to Plots: Genetically Modified Plants on Trial

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Industry data from 1986 to 1993 show that maize is challenging potato and oilseed rape as “top of the crops” and that Europe lags behind North America

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    Patricia Ahl Goy & John H. Duesing

  2. Head of research services at Ciba-Geigy Ltd., Seeds Division, CH-4002, Basel, Switzerland

    Patricia Ahl Goy & John H. Duesing

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Goy, P., Duesing, J. From Pots to Plots: Genetically Modified Plants on Trial. Nat Biotechnol 13, 454–458 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0595-454

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