System approach for evaluating the potential yield and plantation of jatropha curcas l on a global scale

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2204-2209

  Li, Zhengguo ^a,b   Lin, Bin Le ^b   Zhao, Xiao Feng ^c   Sagisaka, Masayuki ^a   Shibazaki, Ryosuke ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c Institute of Urban Environment   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; DRY SEEDS; GLOBAL PATTERNS; GLOBAL SCALE; JATROPHA CURCAS; LAND COVER; NATIONAL LEVEL; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; POLICY MAKERS; POTENTIAL PRODUCTION; SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION; SUBTROPICAL REGIONS; SYSTEM APPROACH;

PRODUCTIVITY;

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIOFUEL; CROP YIELD; DICOTYLEDON; ENERGY CROP; ENERGY POLICY; LAND COVER; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PLANNING PRACTICE; POLICY MAKING;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHY; JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCAS; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; PLANTATION; PRODUCTIVITY;

AGRICULTURE; BIOFUELS; JATROPHA; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

JATROPHA CURCAS;

EID: 77949367795     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903004f     Document Type: Article

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