Energy densification in vegetative biomass through metabolic engineering

Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 75-80

  Vanhercke, Thomas ^a   Petrie, James R ^a   Singh, Surinder P ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass; Leaf; Oil; Triacylglycerol; Vegetative tissue

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894273189     PISSN: 18788181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2013.11.010     Document Type: Review

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