Evaluating agricultural management practices to improve the environmental footprint of corn-derived ethanol

Renewable Energy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 454-460

  Xue, Xiaobo ^a   Pang, YuLei ^b   Landis, Amy E ^c  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural best management practices; Energy; Ethanol; Eutrophication; Global warming; Life cycle assessment (LCA)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY DEGRADATION;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ETHANOL; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; MANURES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AGRONOMY; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; BIOFUEL; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ETHANOL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MAIZE; MANURE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WATER QUALITY;

CORN BELT; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84892967465     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.12.026     Document Type: Article

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