Water and radiation use efficiencies of irrigated biomass sorghum in a Mediterranean environment

Italian Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-139

  Garofalo, Pasquale ^a   Vonella, Alessandro Vittorio ^a   Ruggieri, Sergio ^a   Rinaldi, Michele ^a  

^a CRA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Energy crop; Irrigation water use efficiency; Plant biomass; Sorghum bicolor L. Moench.; Water use

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; DRY MATTER; ENERGY CROP; ENERGY RESOURCE; ETHANOL; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; INTERCEPTION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PHYTOMASS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SEASONALITY; SOIL WATER; SORGHUM; WATER CONTENT; WATER LEVEL; WATER STRESS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ITALY;

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 84857292358     PISSN: 11254718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ija.2011.e21     Document Type: Article

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