GIS modeling of the impact of drip irrigation, of water quality and of soil's available water capacity on Zea mays L. biomass yield and its biofuel potential

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 13, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 303-319

  Filintas, Agathos ^a,b   Dioudis, Paschalis ^a   Prochaska, Charikleia ^c,d  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biofuel production; Biomass renewable energy use for environmental protection; Drip irrigation; Irrigation water management; Maize biomass GIS modeling

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77954229452     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2010.1038     Document Type: Article

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