Agricultural management of cuphea and potential for commercial production in the Northern Corn Belt

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 300-306

  Gesch, Russ ^a   Forcella, Frank ^a   Olness, Alan ^a   Archer, Dave ^a   Hebard, Andrew ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Technology Crops International   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop production; Cuphea; Medium chain fatty acid; New crop

Indexed keywords

CROPS; FATTY ACIDS; LUBRICANTS;

CROP PRODUCTION; CUPHEA;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP PLANT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; ENERGY CROP;

AGRICULTURE; FARM CROPS; FATTY ACIDS; LUBRICANTS;

CORN BELT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CUPHEA; CUPHEA LANCEOLATA; CUPHEA VISCOSISSIMA; ZEA MAYS;

CROP PRODUCTION; DETERGENT; HARVESTING; HYGIENE PRODUCT; LUBRICANT; ORGANIC ACID; SEED; SELECTIVE BREEDING; YIELD;

EID: 33845206888     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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