Solar flux, water, and land impose limits on biology

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1059-1061

  Jones, Mark E ^a   Banholzer, William F ^b  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BIOFUEL; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; FOSSIL FUEL; FUEL; GASOLINE; GLYPHOSATE; INTERFERON; NATURAL GAS; NEW DRUG; PETROLEUM; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER; SUGAR; WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AGRICULTURE; ALGA; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COST; CROP; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY COST; ENERGY RESOURCE; GENE; GENOME; GREENHOUSE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; MAIZE; MATERIALS; NUTRIENT; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT YIELD; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; RISK; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TOMATO; BIOTECHNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; TRENDS; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURE; BIOFUELS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOLAR ENERGY; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84899644061     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.25228     Document Type: Article

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