Impacts of soil management on root characteristics of switchgrass

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 105-112

  Ma, Z ^a   Wood, C W ^a   Bransby, D I ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Root mass; Root weight density; Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.)

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; ENERGY CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GROWTH; ROOT WEIGHT DENSITY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

BIOFUELS; ROOT MASS; ROOT WEIGHT DENSITY; SWITCHGRASS;

SOILS;

ENERGY CROP; GRASS; ROOT; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 0034008578     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(99)00076-8     Document Type: Article

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