Water Use Efficiency by Switchgrass Compared to a Native Grass or a Native Grass Alfalfa Mixture

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 746-754

  Hendrickson, J R ^a   Schmer, M R ^b   Sanderson, M A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Rainout shelter; Soil water deficit; Western wheatgrass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ACCUMULATION; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS; PRECIPITATION VARIATION; RAIN-OUT; SOIL WATER DEFICIT; WATER-USE EFFICIENCY; WHEATGRASS;

BIOMASS; DROUGHT; MIXTURES; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER SUPPLY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

MEDICAGO SATIVA; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PASCOPYRUM SMITHII;

EID: 84876968135     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-012-9290-3     Document Type: Article

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