Gene flow matters in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), a potential widespread biofuel feedstock

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-7

  Kwit, Charles ^a   Stewart, C Neal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Environmental risk; Hybridization; Introgression; Invasiveness; Seed purity; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL;

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AGRONOMY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CONSPECIFIC; CROP PLANT; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; GENE FLOW; GRASS; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; INVASIVENESS; SEED DISPERSAL; WILD POPULATION;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PANICUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN;

BIOFUELS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; PANICUM; POLLEN; SEEDS;

UNITED STATES;

PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 84858697417     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1516.1     Document Type: Article

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