Competition and yield in intercrops of maize and sunflower for biogas

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1203-1211

  Nassab, A Dabbagh Mohammadi ^b   Amon, T ^a   Kaul, H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Biogas yield; Competition indices; Energy crops; Land equivalent ratio

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; COMPETITION INDICES; DRY MATTER YIELD; ENERGY CROPS; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY; EQUIVALENT RATIOS; FIELD STUDIES; GROWING SEASON; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; HIGH YIELD; MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.); METHANE YIELD; MINERAL FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN APPLICATION RATES; NITROGEN FERTILIZER RATE; ORGANIC FERTILIZERS; PURE STANDS;

BIOFUELS; BIOGAS; COMPETITION; CROPS; METHANE; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TERNARY SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

BIOGAS; DOMINANCE; DRY MATTER; ENERGY CROP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INTERCROPPING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MAIZE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC FARMING; VEGETABLE OIL; WATER SUPPLY; YIELD RESPONSE;

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79959321473     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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