Sorghum as a versatile feedstock for bioenergy production

Biofuels

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 577-588

  Xin, Zhanguo ^a   Wang, Ming Li ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARABLE LAND; BIO-ENERGY; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CRITICAL FACTORS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; HIGH EFFICIENCY; LIVING ORGANISMS; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; NITROGEN USE; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS; SOIL FERTILITY; UNIQUE FEATURES; URBAN EXPANSION; WATER USE; WORLD ECONOMY;

BIOFUELS; BIOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOSSIL FUELS; WATER SUPPLY;

FEEDSTOCKS;

EID: 80052769459     PISSN: 17597269     EISSN: 17597277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/bfs.11.125     Document Type: Article

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