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Paper No. 94713 of the Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station. This paper was made possible by a grant from the Monsanto Agricultural Company.
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Love, S.L. Ecological risk of growing transgenic potatoes in the United States and Canada. American Potato Journal 71, 647–658 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02851433
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