Anaerobic methane production from five common grassland species at sequential stages of maturity

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 127, Issue , 2013, Pages 143-150

  McEniry, Joseph ^a   O'Kiely, Padraig ^a  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Grass species; Methane yield; Plant maturity

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; METHANE;

ANAEROBIC METHANE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; FIBRE COMPONENT; GRASS SPECIES; GRASSLAND SPECIES; GROWTH STAGES; METHANE YIELD; PLANT MATURITY;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

METHANE;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIGESTION; GRASSLAND; HARVESTING; MATURATION; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; DIGESTION; GRASSLAND; HARVEST; MATURITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EUROPE;

DACTYLIS GLOMERATA;

EID: 84868243686     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.09.084     Document Type: Article

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