Optimizing root system architecture in biofuel crops for sustainable energy production and soil carbon sequestration

F1000 Biology Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  To, Jennifer P C ^a   Zhu, Jinming ^a   Benfey, Philip N ^a,b   Elich, Tedd ^a  

^a GrassRoots Biotechnology   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL;

AGRONOMIC TRAIT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP; ENERGY YIELD; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SOIL;

EID: 78649362801     PISSN: 17404118     EISSN: 1757594X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3410/B2-65     Document Type: Review

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