A systems approach guiding future biomass crop development on marginal land

Perennial Biomass Crops for a Resource-Constrained World

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 209-224

  Zhu, Xin Guang ^a   Chang, Tian Gen ^a   Song, Qing Feng ^a   Finnan, John ^b   Barth, Susanne ^b   Mårtensson, Linda Maria ^c   Jones, Michael ^d  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biomass crops; Light use efficiency; Marginal land; Rational design; Stress tolerance; Systems models

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009653925     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-44530-4_18     Document Type: Chapter

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