An energy balance under a conventional crop rotation system in northern Japan: Perspectives on fuel ethanol production from sugar beet

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 125, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 101-110

  Koga, Nobuhisa ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioethanol; Biomass production; Crop rotation; Energy balance; Fuel consumption

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; CROPPING PRACTICE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY USE; ETHANOL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; LEGUME; POTATO; SUGAR BEET; WHEAT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; TOKACHI;

BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VIGNA ANGULARIS;

EID: 40849083463     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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