The global potential for Agave as a biofuel feedstock

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-78

  Davis, Sarah C ^a   Dohleman, Frank G ^a   Long, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biomass; CAM; Desert; Ethanol; Henequen; Marginal lands; Productivity; Semiarid; Sisal

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CAMS; CROPS; ETHANOL; LAND USE; PRODUCTIVITY; TROPICS;

BIO-ENERGY; DESERT; HENEQUEN; MARGINAL LANDS; SEMIARID; SISAL;

FEEDSTOCKS;

EID: 79960554084     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2010.01077.x     Document Type: Review

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