Sustainable use of biotechnology for bioenergy feedstocks

Environmental Management

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 531-538

  Moon, Hong S ^a   Abercrombie, Jason M ^a   Kausch, Albert P ^b   Stewart Jr , C Neal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocontainment; Biofuels; China; Miscanthus; Regulations; Sustainability; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROPS; ECOLOGY; FEEDSTOCKS; GENES; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOCONTAINMENT; CHINA; MISCANTHUS; REGULATIONS; SWITCHGRASS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOFUEL;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHINA; ENERGY RESOURCE; METHODOLOGY;

BIOFUELS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHINA; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES;

EID: 79952197443     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9503-5     Document Type: Review

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