Ramie [Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaud.] as a potential new fibre crop for the Mediterranean region: Growth, crop yield and fibre quality in a long-term field experiment in Central Italy

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 138-144

  Angelini, Luciana G ^a   Tavarini, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boehmeria nivea; Chemical composition; Crop stand duration; Fibre; Yield

Indexed keywords

BOEHMERIA NIVEA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; HERBACEOUS PLANTS; LONG-TERM FIELD EXPERIMENTS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; TROPICAL ORIGINS; YIELD;

BAST FIBERS; BIOMETRICS; CELLULOSE; CROPS; HARVESTING; HEMP; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FIBERS;

BIOMETRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CROP YIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HERB; NATIVE SPECIES; PERENNIAL PLANT;

BIOMETRICS; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FARM CROPS; FIBERS; HARVESTING; HEMP; PHLOEM; PLANTS;

ASIA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84884547967     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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