The Brazilian experience of sugarcane ethanol industry

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 372-381

  Matsuoka, Sizuo ^a   Ferro, Jesus ^b,c   Arruda, Paulo ^b,d  

^a Rua James Clerk Maxwell   (Brazil)

^b Alellyx SA   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Biotechnology; Brazilian ethanol; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

EID: 68649128570     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-009-9220-z     Document Type: Review

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