Potential for using sunn hemp as a source of biomass and nitrogen for the Piedmont and Coastal Plain Regions of the Southeastern USA

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1448-1457

  Schomberg, Harry H ^a   Martini, Nicole L ^b   Diaz Perez, Juan C ^b   Phatak, Sharad C ^b   Balkcom, Kipling S ^a   Bhardwaj, Harbans L ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONES; CULTIVATION; NITROGEN; SOLAR RADIATION;

COASTAL PLAINS; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; SUSTAINABLE VEGETABLE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS;

CROPS;

CANNABIS; CROTALARIA; CROTALARIA JUNCEA;

EID: 36448940474     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2006.0294     Document Type: Article

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