Water use and water-use efficiency of three perennial bioenergy grass crops in florida

Agriculture (Switzerland)

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 325-338

  Erickson, John E ^a   Soikaew, Arkorn ^a   Sollenberger, Lynn E ^a   Bennett, Jerry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Biomass crops; Elephantgrass; Energycane; Gas exchange; Giant reed; Sap flow; Sustainability; Transpiration; Water use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903697434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/agriculture2040325     Document Type: Article

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