Potential of Miscanthus grasses to provide energy and hence reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 465-472

  Hastings, Astley ^a   Clifton Brown, John ^b   Wattenbach, Martin ^a   Stampfl, Paul ^c   Paul Mitchell, C ^a   Smith, Pete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biofuel; Climate change; Energy crops; Greenhouse gas emissions; Modeling: Miscanthus

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARABLE LAND; BIOENERGETICS; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; C4 PLANT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP YIELD; EMISSION CONTROL; GRASS; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

MISCANTHUS; POACEAE;

EID: 55549116018     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/agro:2008030     Document Type: Article

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