Biomass composition of perennial grasses for biofuel production in North Dakota, USA

Biofuels

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 515-528

  Xue, Qingwu ^a   Nyren, Paul E ^b   Wang, Guojie ^b   Eriksmoen, Eric ^b   Bradbury, Gordon ^c   Halverson, Mark ^d   Aberle, Ezra ^b   Nichols, Kris ^e   Liebig, Mark ^e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Williston Research Extension Center   (United States)

^d NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID DETERGENT FIBER; ASH CONTENTS; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK; CE CONTENTS; CELLULOSE CONTENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; HIGH YIELD; HIGHER YIELD; NEUTRAL DETERGENT FIBER; NORTH DAKOTA; OPTIMAL CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; PERENNIAL GRASS; SWITCHGRASS; WHEATGRASS;

BIOFUELS; CELLULOSE; DETERGENTS; FEEDSTOCKS; MIXTURES;

BIOMASS;

LOPHOPYRUM ELONGATUM; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE; PSEUDOBAHIA; THINOPYRUM INTERMEDIUM;

EID: 80052742681     PISSN: 17597269     EISSN: 17597277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/bfs.11.123     Document Type: Article

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