Nitrogen recycling and flowering time in perennial bioenergy crops

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue APR, 2013, Pages

  Schwartz, Christopher ^a   Amasino, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy crops; Dormancy; Flowering time; Nitrogen recycling; Perennialism; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892452397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00076     Document Type: Review

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