Comparative economic analysis of perennial, annual, and intercrops for biomass production

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 407-424

  Hallam, A ^a   Anderson, I C ^a   Buxton, D R ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

And intercrops; Annual; Big bluestem; Energy crops; Perennial; Production costs; Sorghum; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EROSION; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INTERCROPPING; PLANT YIELD;

COSTS; CROPS; ECONOMICS; EROSION; FERTILIZERS; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY CROP; INTERCROPPING; YIELD;

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; PHRAGMITES; SORGHUM BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0035174186     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(01)00051-4     Document Type: Article

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