Growth environment, harvest management and germplasm impacts on potential ethanol and crude protein yield in alfalfa

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 114-125

  Lamb, JoAnn F S ^a,b   Jung, Hans Joachim G ^b   Riday, Heathcliffe ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Leaf crude protein; Lignin; Medicago sativa L.; Theoretical ethanol yield

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; ETHANOL; HARVESTING; LIGNIN; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

ALFALFA; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CRUDE PROTEINS; ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES; ETHANOL YIELD; HARVEST MANAGEMENT; MEDICAGO SATIVA L; PLANT DENSITIES;

PROTEINS;

ALFALFA; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; ETHANOL; FORAGE; GERMPLASM; GROWTH; HARVESTING; LIGNIN; PROFITABILITY; PROTEIN; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 84897447927     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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