Toward improved drought tolerance in bioenergy crops: QTL for carbon isotope composition and stomatal conductance in Populus
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Toward improved drought tolerance in bioenergy crops: QTL for carbon isotope composition and stomatal conductance in Populus Maud Viger, Maricela Rodriguez-Acosta, Anne M. Rae, James I. L. Morison & Gail Taylor Centre for Biological Sciences, Life Sciences Building, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom Centre for Forestry and Climate Change, Forest Research, Alice Holt, Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom
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