Identifying the yield potential of Miscanthus x giganteus: An assessment of the spatial and temporal variability of M. x giganteus biomass productivity across England and Wales

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-13

  Price, L ^a   Bullard, M ^a   Lyons, H ^a   Anthony, S ^a   Nixon, P ^a  

^a ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy crops; Miscanthus x giganteus; Yield modelling

Indexed keywords

CROPS; CULTIVATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS;

BIOFUELS;

BIOMASS;

CROP YIELD; ENERGY CROP; MODELING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

MISCANTHUS; MISCANTHUS GIGANTEUS; MISCANTHUS X GIGANTEUS;

EID: 0242625784     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(03)00062-X     Document Type: Article

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