The modelled productivity of Miscanthus x giganteus (GREEF et DEU) in Ireland

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-109

  Clifton Brown, J C ^a,b   Neilson, B ^b   Lewandowski, I ^a   Jones, M B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Energy crops; Geographic information system (GIS); Growth model; Ireland; Miscanthus

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CLIMATE; CROP; ENERGY RESOURCE; FIBER INDUSTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; IRELAND; MODEL; PLANT GROWTH; PRODUCTIVITY;

MISCANTHUS;

EID: 0034254694     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6690(00)00042-X     Document Type: Article

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