Nutrient Removal as a Function of Corn Stover Cutting Height and Cob Harvest

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 342-352

  Johnson, Jane M F ^a   Wilhelm, Wally W ^a   Karlen, Douglas L ^a   Archer, David W ^a   Wienhold, Brian ^a   Lightle, David T ^b   Laird, David ^a   Baker, John ^a   Ochsner, Tyson E ^a,c   Novak, Jeff M ^a   Halvorson, Ardell D ^a   Arriaga, Francisco ^a   Barbour, Nancy ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel feedstock; Corn cobs; Corn stover; Plant nutrition; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; BIOENERGY INDUSTRY; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); CORN COBS; CORN STOVER; CUTTING HEIGHTS; FERTILIZER RATES; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; GRAIN HARVEST; MULTIPLE ELEMENTS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; ONE-PASS; PLANT NUTRITION; PLANT ORGANS; PLANT SAMPLES; REPLACEMENT COSTS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL QUALITY;

BIOFUELS; FEEDSTOCKS; FERTILIZERS; HARVESTING; NUTRITION; SOILS;

NUTRIENTS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77955215777     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-010-9093-3     Document Type: Article

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