Where will the wood come from? Plantation forests and the role of biotechnology

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 291-296

  Fenning, Trevor M ^a   Gershenzon, Jonathan ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; TIMBER;

PLANTATION FORESTS;

WOOD;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROP IMPROVEMENT; PLANTATION FORESTRY; ROTATION; YIELD;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CERTIFICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GOVERNMENT; HARVESTING; PLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TREE; WOOD; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; INTERNET; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREES; WOOD;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; LUMBER; WOOD;

EID: 0036629184     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7799(02)01983-2     Document Type: Review

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