The role of biotechnology in a sustainable biofuel future

AgBioForum

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Sexton, Steven ^a   Zilberman, David ^a   Rajagopal, Deepak ^a   Hochman, Gal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural productivity; Biofuel; Biotechnology; Climate change; Ethanol; Greenhouse gas emissions; Transgenic crops

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949103455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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