Assessment of productivity and profitability of sole and double-cropping for agricultural biomass production;Bewertung der produktivität und wirtschaftlichkeit von hauptfruchtanbau und zweifruchtnutzung für die landwirtschaftliche biomasseproduktion

Journal fur Kulturpflanzen

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 387-395

  Schittenhelm, Siegfried ^a   Reus, Dominik ^b   Kruse, Sandra ^c   Hufnagel, Johannes ^d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Centre for Agricultural Technology Augustenberg (LTZ)   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cropping systems; Economy; Energy crops; Forage sorghum; Maize; Sorghum sudangrass

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; CROPPING PRACTICE; DRY MATTER; ENERGY CROP; GRASS; HARVESTING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MAIZE; PRODUCTION COST; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFITABILITY; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SORGHUM;

GERMANY;

EID: 84865330095     PISSN: 18670911     EISSN: 18670938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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