Winter crop and residue biomass potential in China

Biofuels

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 503-513

  Baxter, Ryan ^a   Feyereisen, Gary ^b   Yu, Yanling ^c   Richard, Tom L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; BIOMASS POTENTIAL; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; BIOMASS YIELD; CROP RESIDUE; ENERGY NEEDS; NORTHERN REGIONS; SUSTAINABLE HARVEST; WINTER CROPS; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOMASS;

CROPS;

SECALE; SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80052703491     PISSN: 17597269     EISSN: 17597277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/bfs.11.128     Document Type: Article

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