Establishment, development and yield quality of fifteen Miscanthus genotypes over three years in Denmark

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 190-199

  Jørgensen, Uffe ^a   Mortensen, Jørgen ^a   Kjeldsen, Jens Bonderup ^a   Schwarz, Kai Uwe ^a,b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Agrarökologische Untersuchungen ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomass yield; Flowering time; Mineral content; Moisture content; Winter survival

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 33745212653     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710310017605     Document Type: Article

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