Switchgrass as a sustainable bioenergy crop

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-93

  Sanderson, M A ^a   Reed, R L ^b   McLaughlin, S B ^b   Wullschleger, S D ^c   Conger, B V ^c   Parrish, D J ^d   Wolf, D D ^e   Taliaferro, C ^a   Hopkins, A A ^a   Ocumpaugh, W R ^a   Hussey, M A ^f   Read, J C ^g   Tischler, C R ^g  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^g Texas A and M University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FERTILIZERS; PLANT CELL CULTURE;

BIOENERGY CROP; SEED DORMANCY; SWITCHGRASS;

SYNTHETIC FUELS;

FERTILIZER; FUEL;

ANIMAL FOOD; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; BREEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROP; CULTIVAR; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMINATION; GRASS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 0030130769     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0960-8524(95)00176-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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