Nitrogen rate, landscape position, and harvesting of corn stover impacts on energy gains and sustainability of corn production systems in south dakota

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1535-1541

  Mamani Pati, F ^a   Clay, D E ^a   Carlson, C G ^a   Clay, S A ^a   Reicks, G ^a   Kim, K ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b S233 Soils Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); CORN GRAIN; CORN PRODUCTION; CORN STOVER; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ENERGY GAIN; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; FINANCIAL RETURNS; LANDSCAPE POSITIONS; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; LOWER ENERGIES; MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENT; NITROGEN RATE; NO TILLAGE; NO-TILL; PLANT BIOMASS; SAMPLING DATES; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS; TILLAGE IMPACTS; TIME-STEP MODELS;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ETHANOL; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); HARVESTING; MAINTAINABILITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROFITABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79951664195     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2010.0151     Document Type: Article

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