Biomass yields for upland and lowland switchgrass varieties grown in the Mediterranean region

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 926-933

  Alexopoulou, E ^a   Sharma, N ^b   Papatheohari, Y ^c   Christou, M ^a   Piscioneri, I ^b   Panoutsou, C ^d   Pignatelli, V ^b  

^a Centre of Renewable Energy Sources   (Greece)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass; Lowland varieties; Switchgrass; Upland varieties; Yields

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; KETONES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS YIELDS; CULTIVAR SELECTION; GROWING SEASONS; LOWLAND VARIETIES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MOISTURE CONTENT; STEM HEIGHT; SWITCHGRASS; UPLAND VARIETIES; YIELDS;

LANDFORMS;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; HARVESTING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOISTURE CONTENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERSISTENCE; PROFITABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 44649155550     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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