More productive than maize in the Midwest: How does Miscanthus do it?

Plant Physiology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2104-2115

  Dohleman, Frank G ^a   Long, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MISCANTHUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 68249146450     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.139162     Document Type: Article

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