Historical perspective of biofuels: Learning from the past to rediscover the future

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 189-192

  Songstad, D D ^a   Lakshmanan, P ^b   Chen, J ^c   Gibbons, W ^d   Hughes, S ^e   Nelson, R ^f  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^b BSES LIMITED   (Australia)

^c Mendel Biotechnology   (United States)

^d SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^f VeraSun Energy   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Bioethanol; Biofuel; History

Indexed keywords

EID: 68649092225     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-009-9218-6     Document Type: Review

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