Long-Term Miscanthus Yields Influenced by Location, Genotype, Row Distance, Fertilization and Harvest Season

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 620-635

  Larsen, Søren Ugilt ^a,b   Jørgensen, Uffe ^a   Kjeldsen, Jens Bonderup ^a   Lærke, Poul Erik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Genotype; Harvest season; Long term yield; Miscanthus; Row distance

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

FERTILIZATION; GENOTYPE; HARVEST SEASON; LONG-TERM YIELDS; MISCANTHUS; ROW DISTANCE;

HARVESTING;

MISCANTHUS; MISCANTHUS SINENSIS;

EID: 84899925337     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-013-9389-1     Document Type: Article

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