Cynara Cardunculus in large scale cultivation. A case study in portugal

Chemical Engineering Transactions

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 529-534

  Gominho, Jorge ^a   Lourenço, Ana ^a   Curt, Maria Dolores ^b   Fernández, Jesus ^b   Pereira, Helena ^a  

^a Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; MACHINERY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CYNARA CARDUNCULUS; HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTIONS; LARGE SCALE CULTIVATIONS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SEED PRODUCTION;

SEED;

EID: 84899458950     PISSN: 22839216     EISSN: 22839216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3303/CET1437089     Document Type: Article

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