Challenges to the development of a dedicated energy crop

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1296-1302

  Epplin, Francis M ^a   Clark, Christopher D ^b   Roberts, Roland K ^b   Hwang, Seonghuyk ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ARABLE FARMING; CROP PRODUCTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 37149056896     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.01100.x     Document Type: Article

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