Short-rotation woody crop supply systems in the United States: What do we know and what do we need to know?

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 307-315

  Tuskan, G A ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Breeding; Envi ronment; Mechanization; Populus; Silviculture; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CROP ROTATION; FIBER; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HARVESTING EQUIPMENT; PEST RESISTANCE; PLANT BREEDING; SILVICULTURE; SOMACLONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLONING; CROPS; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FERTILIZERS; HARVESTERS; IRRIGATION; NATURAL FIBERS; PESTICIDES; PLANTS (BOTANY); WOOD FUELS;

SHORT ROTATION WOODY CROP (SRWC) SUPPLY SYSTEMS; SILVICULTURE;

BIOMASS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOMASS; BIOMASS CROP; CROP BREEDING; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING SYSTEM; ENERGY CROP; SHORT-ROTATION FORESTRY;

USA;

EID: 0031866687     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(97)10065-4     Document Type: Article

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