An evaluation of cassava, sweet potato and field corn as potential carbohydrate sources for bioethanol production in Alabama and Maryland

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1503-1508

  Ziska, Lewis H ^a   Runion, G Brett ^b   Tomecek, Martha ^a   Prior, Stephen A ^b   Torbet, H Allen ^b   Sicher, Richard ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Carbohydrate; Cassava (Manihot esculenta); Corn (Zea mays); Ethanol potential; Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas); Yield

Indexed keywords

CORN (ZEA MAYS); MANIHOT ESCULENTA; SWEET POTATO; SWEET POTATO (IPOMOEA BATATAS); ZEA MAYS;

AGRICULTURE; BIOETHANOL; BIOMASS; COMPETITION; ETHANOL; FOOD SUPPLY; GLUCOSE; LOCATION; STARCH; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

CARBOHYDRATES;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOFUEL; CARBOHYDRATE; CASSAVA; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; ENERGY CROP; ETHANOL; FOOD SUPPLY; MAIZE; POTATO;

ALABAMA; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

IPOMOEA BATATAS; MANIHOT; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 71549115166     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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