Modeling spatial and dynamic variation in growth, yield, and yield stability of the bioenergy crops Miscanthus × giganteus and Panicum virgatum across the conterminous United States

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 509-520

  Migue, Fernando E ^a   Maughan, Matthew ^b   Bollero, Germán A ^b   Long, Stephen P ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

BioCro; Biomass; Miscanthus; Model; Simulation; Switchgrass; Yield

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; CROPS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; MODELS; SOIL MOISTURE;

BIOCRO; MISCANTHUS; SIMULATION; SWITCHGRASS; YIELD;

BIOMASS;

MISCANTHUS; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84863812653     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01150.x     Document Type: Article

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