Environment and Harvest Time Affects the Combustion Qualities of Miscanthus Genotypes

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1274-1280

  Lewandowski, I ^a   Clifton Brown, J C ^b   Andersson, B ^c   Basch, G ^d   Christian, D G ^e   Jorgensen U ^f   Jones, M B ^b   Riche, A B ^e   Schwarz, K U ^f   Tayebi, K ^d   Teixeira, F ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Svalof Weibull AB   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^e ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^f DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; MOISTURE;

BIOFUELS;

HARVESTING;

MISCANTHUS; MISCANTHUS GIGANTEUS; MISCANTHUS SACCHARIFLORUS; MISCANTHUS SINENSIS; MISCANTHUS X GIGANTEUS; POACEAE;

EID: 0141838150     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2003.1274     Document Type: Article

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