Phytosequestration: Carbon biosequestration by plants and the prospects of genetic engineering

BioScience

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 685-696

  Jansson, Christer ^a   Wullschleger, Stan D ^b   Kalluri, Udaya C ^c   Tuskan, Gerald A ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ORNL   (United States)

Author keywords

bioenergy crops; carbon sequestration; genetic engineering; phytosequestration

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 77953361540     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2010.60.9.6     Document Type: Article

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