Resource use efficiency and environmental performance of nine major biofuel crops, processed by first-generation conversion techniques

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 588-601

  de Vries, Sander C ^a   van de Ven, Gerrie W J ^a   van Ittersum, Martin K ^a   Giller, Ken E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beta vulgaris L.; Biodiesel; Bioethanol; Biofuel; Brassica napus L.; Elaeis guineensis Jacq.; Energy; Glycine max (L.) Merr; Greenhouse gas emissions; Manihot esculenta Crantz; Sacharum officinarum L.; Soil erosion; Soil organic matter; Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench; Sustainability; Triticum aestivum L.; Water use; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS L.; BRASSICA NAPUS; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS JACQ.; GLYCINE MAX; MANIHOT ESCULENTA CRANTZ; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SORGHUM BICOLOR; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; WATER USE; ZEA MAYS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODIESEL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOETHANOL; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CROPS; ECONOMICS; ETHANOL; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; LAND USE; LEAKAGE (FLUID); ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGAR BEETS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

GAS EMISSIONS;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOFUEL; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CROP; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE CHANGE; MAIZE; MONOCOTYLEDON; RESOURCE USE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SORGHUM; SUGAR CANE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BRASSICA NAPUS; ELAEIS; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS; GLYCINE MAX; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; SORGHUM BICOLOR; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77951023470     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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