Fractional yield and moisture of corn stover biomass produced in the Northern US Corn Belt

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 576-584

  Shinners, Kevin J ^a   Binversie, Ben N ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Corn stover; Fractional moisture; Fractional yield; Single pass stover harvesting

Indexed keywords

CROPS; HARVESTING; MOISTURE;

CORN STOVER; FRACTIONAL MOISTURE; FRACTIONAL YIELD; SINGLE-PASS STOVER HARVESTING;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CROPS; HARVESTING; MOISTURE;

BIOMASS; CROP RESIDUE; HARVESTING; MAIZE; MOISTURE; STORAGE;

CORN BELT; MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34347209058     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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