Development of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) as a bioenergy feedstock in the United States

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 515-535

  McLaughlin, Samuel B ^a   Kszos, Lynn Adams ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding; Carbon storage; Economics; Productivity; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

CROPS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENERGY RESOURCES; FEEDSTOCKS; FERTILIZERS; LIFE CYCLE; PRODUCTIVITY; SOILS;

AGROECOSYSTEM; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENERGY CROPS; SWITCHGRASS;

BIOMASS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENERGY CROP;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; FARM CROPS; FEEDS; FOSSILS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PANICUM VIRGATUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 17844410700     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2004.05.006     Document Type: Article

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