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The production of duckweed as a source of biofuels

Jiele Xu Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7625, USA
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Hai Zhao Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China
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Anne-Marie Stomp Department of Forestry & Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8008, USA
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Jay J Cheng Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7625, USA. [email protected]
Pages 589-601 | Published online: 09 Apr 2014

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