Productivity and radiation use efficiency of sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) CV. Keller in central Spain

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-178

  Curt, M D ^a   Fernandez, J ^a   Martinez, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biomass; Energy; Radiation use efficiency; Sugars; Sweet sorghum

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CULTIVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUGARS;

CANOPY EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION (PAR); RADIATION USE EFFICIENCY (RUE);

CROPS;

BIOMASS CROP; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; PRODUCTIVITY; SORGHUM;

SPAIN;

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 0031781867     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(97)10025-3     Document Type: Article

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