Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2014, 60(6):247-259 | DOI: 10.17221/96/2013-AGRICECON

The perspectives for genetically modified cellulosic biofuels in the Central European conditionsOriginal Paper

Pavla BLAHOVA1, Karel JANDA1,2, Ladislav KRISTOUFEK1,3
1 Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
2 University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic
3 Institute of Information Theory and Automation, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic

This paper connects the biofuels literature with the genetic modifications literature by considering the potential of genetic modifications for increasing the efficiency of the cellulosic biofuels production. This is done for one particular case through analyzing the effect of genetically modified corn adoption on the overall yields of corn for silage. Our econometric model confirms that the use of genetically modified corn with the inserted MON810 gene increases the overall corn biomass yield in the production and environmental conditions of the Central Europe, in particular in the Czech Republic.

Keywords: cellulosic biofuels, genetic modifications

Published: June 30, 2014  Show citation

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BLAHOVA P, JANDA K, KRISTOUFEK L. The perspectives for genetically modified cellulosic biofuels in the Central European conditions. Agric. Econ. - Czech. 2014;60(6):247-259. doi: 10.17221/96/2013-AGRICECON.
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