Genetic modification of herbaceous plants for feed and fuel

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 15-49

  Vogel, Kenneth P ^a   Jung, Hans Joachim G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGRONOMIC TRAIT; ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; BIOMASS CONVERSION; CELL WALL; DIGESTIBILITY; FORAGE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC MODIFICATION; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT CELL; SURVIVAL; WILD RELATIVE;

EID: 0035113745     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20013591099173     Document Type: Review

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