Lignocellulosic feedstocks: Research progress and challenges in optimizing biomass quality and yield

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Bosch, Maurice ^a   Hazen, Samuel P ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Biomass; Cell wall; Energy crops; Feedstocks; Grasses; Lignocellulose; Recalcitrance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893417192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00474     Document Type: Editorial

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