Variation in canopy duration in the perennial biofuel crop Miscanthus reveals complex associations with yield

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2373-2383

  Robson, Paul R H ^a   Farrar, Kerrie ^a   Gay, Alan P ^a   Jensen, Elaine F ^a   Clifton Brown, John C ^a   Donnison, Iain S ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; canopy duration; Miscanthus; phenotype; trait; yield

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; CANOPY DURATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MISCANTHUS; PHENOTYPE; POACEAE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; TIME; TRAIT; YIELD.;

BIOENERGY; CANOPY DURATION; MISCANTHUS; PHENOTYPE; TRAIT; YIELD.;

AGRICULTURE; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; POACEAE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84877935065     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert104     Document Type: Article

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