Seasonal dynamics of nutrient accumulation and partitioning in the perennial C4-grasses miscanthus x Giganteus and Spartina cynosuroides

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 419-428

  Beale, C V ^a,b   Long, S P ^b  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C4 grass; Miscanthus x giganteus; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Potassium; Spartina cynosuroides

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CALCULATIONS; HARVESTING; LEACHING; NITRATES; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS;

GRASS; NUTRIENT ACCUMULATION; NUTRIENTS;

CROPS;

NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

MISCANTHUS X GIGANTEUS; POACEAE; SPARTINA CYNOSUROIDES;

EID: 0030783856     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(97)00016-0     Document Type: Article

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