The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels: plant scientist input needed

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 409-412

  Haye, Sébastien ^a   Hardtke, Christian S ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 68349136868     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2009.05.003     Document Type: Note

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