Total and available soil carbon fractions under the perennial grass Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers and the bioenergy crop Arundo donax L

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 122-130

  Sarkhot, D V ^a,c   Grunwald, S ^a   Ge, Y ^b   Morgan, C L S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Janaseva Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biofuel; Carbon sequestration; Invasive species control; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

ARUNDO DONAX L; BIO-ENERGY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP MANAGEMENTS; CYNODON DACTYLON; ECONOMIC RETURNS; ENERGY CROPS; ESSENTIAL COMPONENT; FLOOD PLAINS; HOT WATER; INORGANIC CARBON; INVASIVE SPECIES; PERENNIAL GRASS; RIO GRANDE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL SAMPLE; STUDY SITES;

BIOFUELS; CARBON; CROPS;

SOILS;

BIOENERGY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENERGY CROP; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES; REEDBED; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL PROFILE;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ARUNDO DONAX; CYNODON DACTYLON;

EID: 84859500362     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.02.015     Document Type: Article

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