Journal of experimental botany
Developmentally-specific physiological and metabolic responses support drought resilience in switchgrass and constrains biofuel yield.
Binod Basyal, Xingxing Li, V J Pargulski, Xinyu Fu, Nicole M Nightingale, Katherine A Overmyer, Joshua J Coon, Yaoping Zhang, Gian Maria Niccolò Benucci, Robert L Last, Trey K Sato, Berkley J Walker
Published: 202510.1093/jxb/eraf533
Abstract
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) is a promising bioenergy crop due in part to its resilience to drought stress. However, the significance of drought timing remains poorly understood, both from a plant biology perspective and its impact on downstream bi…
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