Comparison of power output by rice (Oryza sativa) and an associated weed (Echinochloa glabrescens) in vascular plant bio-photovoltaic (VP-BPV) systems

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 429-438

  Bombelli, Paolo ^a   Iyer, Durgaprasad Madras Rajaraman ^a   Covshoff, Sarah ^a   McCormick, Alistair J ^a   Yunus, Kamran ^a   Hibberd, Julian M ^a   Fisher, Adrian C ^a   Howe, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioelectricity; Electrochemistry; Microbial fuel cell; Photosynthesis; Vascular plant

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE POWER; BACTERIAL POPULATION; BIAS POTENTIAL; CROP PLANTS; DIURNAL OSCILLATIONS; ELECTRICAL OUTPUT; ELECTRICAL POWER; ENERGY INPUTS; GLASSHOUSE CONDITIONS; GROWTH PERIOD; HIGHER PLANTS; MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUT; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; O. SATIVA; ORGANIC SUBSTRATE; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT SPECIES; POWER OUT PUT; RICE (ORYZA SATIVA); TOTAL CHARGE; VASCULAR PLANT;

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOILS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

BACTERIA;

BIOENERGETICS; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GRASS; HETEROTROPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RICE; SOLAR POWER; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHINOCHLOA; ECHINOCHLOA GLABRESCENS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENERGY YIELD; GREENHOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PLANT GROWTH; POWER SUPPLY; RHIZOSPHERE; RICE; SOIL; VASCULAR PLANT; VASCULAR PLANT BIO PHOTOVOLTAIC;

BACTERIA; BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; ECHINOCHLOA; ELECTRICITY; ORYZA SATIVA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINE PARVOVIRUS; ECHINOCHLOA GLABRESCENS; EMBRYOPHYTA; ORYZA SATIVA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84872297746     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4473-6     Document Type: Article

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