Contrasting metabolism in perenniating structures of upland and lowland switchgrass plants late in the growing season.

Contrasting metabolism in perenniating structures of upland and lowland switchgrass plants late in the growing season.

BACKGROUND: Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is being developed as a bioenergy crop for many temperate regions of the world. One way to increase biomass yields is to move southern adapted lowland cultivars to more northern latitudes. However, many southerly adapted switchgrass germplasm can suffer...

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Main Authors: Nathan A Palmer, Aaron J Saathoff, Christian M Tobias, Paul Twigg, Yuannan Xia, Kenneth P Vogel, Soundararajan Madhavan, Scott E Sattler, Gautam Sarath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4136849?pdf=render

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