Legumes for mitigation of climate change and the provision of feedstock for biofuels and biorefineries. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 329-364

  Jensen, Erik Steen ^a   Peoples, Mark B ^b   Boddey, Robert M ^c   Gresshoff, Peter M ^c   Henrik, Hauggaard Nielsen ^d   Alves, Bruno J R ^e   Morrison, Malcolm J ^f  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Biological N2 fixation; Biorefinery; Carbon sequestration; Greenhouse gases; Legumes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOFUEL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP YIELD; FOOD SECURITY; FOSSIL FUEL; GLOBAL CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LEGUME; LITERATURE REVIEW; MITIGATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYMBIOSIS;

POACEAE; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 84863687821     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-011-0056-7     Document Type: Review

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