Long-term productivity of lowland and upland switchgrass cytotypes as affected by cutting frequency

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 7425-7432

  Monti, A ^a   Bezzi, G ^a   Pritoni, G ^a   Venturi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ash content; Biomass; Energy; Harvest

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; EUROPIUM; LANDFORMS; MICROFLUIDICS;

ASH CONTENTS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DRY MATTER YIELD; SWITCH GRASS;

TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ASH; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRY MATTER; ENERGY CROP; ENERGY RESOURCE; EUROPEAN UNION; GRASS; HARVESTING; PHYTOMASS; POWER GENERATION;

BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOMETRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYTOTYPE; ENERGY RESOURCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHY; PANICUM; SEASONS;

PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 45449115357     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.02.034     Document Type: Review

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