Modifying plants for biofuel and biomaterial production

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1246-1258

  Furtado, Agnelo ^a   Lupoi, Jason S ^a,b   Hoang, Nam V ^a   Healey, Adam ^a   Singh, Seema ^b   Simmons, Blake A ^a,b   Henry, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Biomass; Biomaterials

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; BIOMATERIAL;

BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PROCEDURES;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS;

EID: 84911950516     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12300     Document Type: Review

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