Projecting Yield and Utilization Potential of Switchgrass as an Energy Crop

Advances in Agronomy

Volumn 90, Issue , 2006, Pages 267-297

  McLaughlin, Samuel B ^a   Kiniry, James R ^b   Taliaferro, Charles M ^c   De La Torre Ugarte, Daniel ^d  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 33750937904     PISSN: 00652113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2113(06)90007-8     Document Type: Review

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