Biomass losses during harvest and storage of switchgrass

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-114

  Sanderson, Matt A ^a   Egg, Richard P ^a   Wiselogel, Arthur E ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

bioenergy crops; large round bales; Storage losses; storage methods

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CROPS; DRYING; HARVESTING; MOISTURE; STORAGE (MATERIALS);

STORAGE LOSSES;

BIOMASS;

BIOENERGY CROP; BIOMASS YIELD; HARVEST EFFICIENCY; SWITCHGRASS CULTIVATION;

EID: 0030616103     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(96)00068-2     Document Type: Article

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