Genetically modified sugarcane for bioenergy generation

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 315-322

  Arruda, Paulo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; CROP PERFORMANCE; CROP YIELD; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENES ENCODING; GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROPAGATION MODELS; REGULATORY ISSUES; SUGAR CONTENT; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENE SILENCING;

CROPS; GENES; SUGARS;

GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS;

ALCOHOL;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; BIOENERGY; BIOTIC STRESS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CULTIVAR; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NATURAL FIBER PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PEST RESISTANCE; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT YIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUGARCANE; TRANSGENE; VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION;

AGROBACTERIUM; BREEDING; CARBOHYDRATES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ETHANOL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SACCHARUM; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84861982167     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2011.10.012     Document Type: Review

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