Evaluation of methane production from maize silage by harvest of different plant portions

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 339-346

  Negri, Marco ^a   Bacenetti, Jacopo ^a   Manfredini, Andrea ^b   Lovarelli, Daniela ^a   Fiala, Marco ^a   Tommaso Maria Maggiore, ^a   Bocchi, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biomethane potential; Corn ear silage; Maize; Plant portions

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; HARVESTING; METHANE;

ANAEROBIC METHANE; BIOGAS PRODUCTION; BIOMETHANE POTENTIAL (BMP); CORN EAR SILAGE; MAIZE; METHANE PRODUCTION; PLANT PORTIONS; STARCH CONTENTS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

BIOENERGY; BIOGAS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; HARVESTING; HYBRID; MAIZE; METHANE; SILAGE;

ITALY;

EID: 84902125463     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.05.016     Document Type: Article

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