Miscanthus × giganteus productivity: The effects of management in different environments

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 253-265

  Maughan, Matt ^a   Bollero, Germán ^a   Lee, D K ^a   Darmody, Robert ^a   Bonos, Stacy ^b   Cortese, Laura ^b   Murphy, James ^b   Gaussoin, Roch ^c   Sousek, Matthew ^c   Williams, David ^d   Williams, Linda ^d   Miguez, Fernando ^a,e   Voigt, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Rutgers University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biomass feedstock; Biomass yield; Environment effect; Miscanthus; N fertilization; Plant growth

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

BIO-ENERGY; BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK; BIOMASS YIELD; ENVIRONMENT EFFECTS; MISCANTHUS; N FERTILIZATION; PLANT GROWTH;

BIOMASS;

MISCANTHUS;

EID: 84863781426     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01144.x     Document Type: Article

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