Are we ready to cultivate sweet sorghum as a bioenergy feedstock? A review on field management practices

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 40, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-12

  Zegada Lizarazu, Walter ^a   Monti, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agronomy; Ethanol; Productivity; Stalk juice; Sugars

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; BIO-ENERGY; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ENERGY CROPS; ENERGY PURPOSE; FIELD MANAGEMENT; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS; HIGH YIELD; LOWER COST; MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES; NON-TRADITIONAL; POTENTIAL PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION COST; RESEARCH EFFORTS; ROW CROP; SORGHUM BICOLOR; STALK JUICE; SWEET SORGHUM; TEMPERATE CLIMATE; WEAK POINTS; WILD SPECIES;

AGRONOMY; CLIMATOLOGY; ETHANOL; PRODUCTIVITY; SUGARS;

CROPS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRONOMY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ENERGY CROP; ETHANOL; HARVESTING; PRODUCTION COST; SORGHUM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

SORGHUM BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84859157058     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.01.048     Document Type: Review

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