Yield improvements through modification of planting density and harvest frequency in short rotation coppice Salix spp.- 1. Yield response in two morphologically diverse varieties

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-25

  Bullard, Michael J ^a   Mustill, Sara J ^a   McMillan, Simon D ^a   Nixon, Peter M I ^a   Carver, Paul ^a   P Britt, Christopher ^a  

^a ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass accumulation; Harvest frequency; Morphology; Planting density; Salix; SRC

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; PEAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS;

PLANTING DENSITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COPPICE; CROP ROTATION; HARVESTING; YIELD;

UNITED KINGDOM;

SALIX;

EID: 0036007092     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(01)00054-X     Document Type: Article

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