Genetic improvement of corn for lignocellulosic

Genetic Improvement of Bioenergy Crops

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 185-210

  De Leon, Natalia ^a   Coors, James G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-70805-8_7     Document Type: Chapter

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