On farm agronomic and first environmental evaluation of oil crops for sustainable bioenergy chains

Italian Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 171-180

  Lazzeri, Luca ^a   D'Avino, Lorenzo ^a   Mazzoncini, Marco ^b   Antichi, Daniele ^b   Mosca, Giuliano ^c   Zanetti, Federica ^c   del Gatto, Andrea ^d   Pieri, Sandro ^d   de Mastro, Giuseppe ^e   Grassano, Nicola ^e   Cosentino, Salvatore ^f   Copani, Venera ^f   Ledda, Luigi ^g   Farci, Roberta ^g   Bezzi, Guido ^h   Lazzari, Alessandro ^h   Dainelli, Riccardo ⁱ   Spugnoli, Paolo ⁱ  

^a Research Centre for Industrial Crops   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d Research Centre for Industrial Crops   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^h Private Consultant   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brassica carinata; Carbon dioxide sequestration; Defatted seed meals; Greenhouse gasses; Inputs

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRONOMY; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; BIOPESTICIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROPPING PRACTICE; CULTIVATION; DICOTYLEDON; ENERGY CROP; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD PRODUCTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMUS; SEED; SUSTAINABILITY; VEGETABLE OIL;

ITALY;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA CARINATA; BRASSICA NAPUS; HELIANTHUS;

EID: 84857276196     PISSN: 11254718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ija.2009.4.171     Document Type: Article

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