Management of warm-season grass mixtures for biomass production in South Dakota USA

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 609-617

  Mulkey, V R ^a   Owens, V N ^b   Lee, D K ^b  

^a South Dakota State University ^*  (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Management; Warm season grasses; Warm season mixtures

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CROPS; HARVESTING;

WARM-SEASON GRASSES; WARM-SEASON MIXTURES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

NITROGEN;

BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CROPS; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENERGY CROP; GRASS; HARVESTING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; WEED;

ACID DETERGENT FIBER; ACID DETERGENT LIGNIN; ARTICLE; ASH; BIG BLUESTEM; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; FLOWERING; GRASS; HARVEST PERIOD; INDIANGRASS; KILLING FROST; LIGNIFICATION; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; NEUTRAL DETERGENT FIBER; PLANT YIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SUMMER; SWITCHGRASS; UNITED STATES;

BIOMASS; DETERGENTS; LIGNIN; NITROGEN; POACEAE; RAIN; SEASONS; SOUTH DAKOTA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

ANDROPOGON GERARDII; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE; SORGHASTRUM; SORGHASTRUM NUTANS;

EID: 35948966002     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2006.12.035     Document Type: Article

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