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A footprint of past climate change on the diversity and population structure of Miscanthus sinensis.
Annals of botany - 1 Jul 2014
Clark Lindsay V, Brummer Joe E, Głowacka Katarzyna, Hall Megan C, Heo Kweon, Peng Junhua, Yamada Toshihiko, Yoo Ji Hye, Yu Chang Yeon, Zhao Hua, Long Stephen P, Sacks Erik J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Miscanthus is a perennial C4 grass that is a leading potential feedstock crop for the emerging bioenergy industry in North America, Europe and China. However, only a single, sterile genotype of M. × giganteus (M×g), a nothospecies derived from diploid M. sinensis (Msi) and tetraploid M. sacchariflorus (Msa), is currently available to farmers for biomass production. To facilitate breeding of...
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