Accelerating the domestication of a bioenergy crop: Identifying and modelling morphological targets for sustainable yield increase in Miscanthus

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 4143-4155

  Robson, Paul ^a   Jensen, Elaine ^a   Hawkins, Sarah ^a   White, Simon R ^b   Kenobi, Kim ^c   Clifton Brown, John ^a   Donnison, Iain ^a   Farrar, Kerrie ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biomass yield; Domestication; Miscanthus; Morphology; Trait diversity

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOENERGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; BIOMASS YIELD; CROP; DOMESTICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MISCANTHUS; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLOIDY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAIT DIVERSITY.;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS YIELD; DOMESTICATION; MISCANTHUS; MORPHOLOGY; TRAIT DIVERSITY.;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENOTYPE; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLOIDIES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84887902564     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert225     Document Type: Article

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