The harvest of oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.): The effective yield losses at on-farm scale in the Italian area

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 453-458

  Pari, Luigi ^a   Assirelli, Alberto ^a   Suardi, Alessandro ^a   Civitarese, Vincenzo ^a   Del Giudice, Angelo ^a   Costa, Corrado ^a   Santangelo, Enrico ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Combine harvesting; Energy crops; Rapeseed; Seed losses

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA NAPUS; CROP CULTIVATION; CROP ROWS; ENERGY CROPS; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; OIL CROPS; OIL SEED RAPE; RAPESEED; YIELD LOSS;

CROPS; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

OILSEEDS;

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; ENERGY CROP; HARVESTING; POWER GENERATION; RAINFALL; RIPENING; VEGETABLE OIL;

ITALY;

BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 84868363352     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.07.014     Document Type: Article

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