Plants to power: bioenergy to fuel the future

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 421-429

  Yuan, Joshua S ^a,b,c   Tiller, Kelly H ^a   Al Ahmad, Hani ^a,d   Stewart, Nathan R ^a,b   Stewart Jr , C Neal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGNIN;

BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENERGY RESOURCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW;

BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; LIGNIN; PLANTS;

EID: 48149090892     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2008.06.001     Document Type: Review

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