Can plant biotechnology help in solving our food and energy shortage in the future?

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 220-223

  Avni, Adi ^a   Blázquez, Miguel A ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Universitat Politècnica de València   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BIODIESEL; DJ 1 PROTEIN; FOSSIL FUEL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STARCH; VEGETABLE OIL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARABIDOPSIS; EDITORIAL; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY YIELD; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; FOSSIL ENERGY; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; HARVEST; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENE; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; WOOD;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; FOOD SUPPLY; PLANTS;

EID: 79954418373     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2011.01.007     Document Type: Editorial

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