Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53133#.VLXUEsnQrzE Author(s) Fumitaka Shiotsu 1 , Jun Abe 2* , Tetsuya Doi 3 , Mitsuru Gau 4 , Shigenori Morita 5 Affiliation(s) 1 College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ibaraki, Japan . 2 Department of Plant Science, School of Agriculture, Tokai University, Kumamoto, Japan . 3 Institute for Sustainable Agro-Ecosystem Services (ISAS), Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan . 4 National Agricultural Research Center for Kyushu Okinawa Region, National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), Kumamoto, Japan . 5 Department of Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Kanagawa, Japan . ABSTRACT Erianthus species are perennial C4 grasses with such high biomass productivity and high tolerance to environmental stresses that they can be grown in marginal land to ...
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