Nitrogen and harvest date affect developmental morphology and biomass yield of warm-season grasses

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 534-543

  Waramit, Naroon ^a   Moore, Kenneth J ^b   Heaton, Emily ^b  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii Vitman); Bioenergy; Biomass feedstock; Eastern gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides L.); Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutrans L. Nash); Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.)

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIG BLUESTEM (ANDROPOGON GERARDII VITMAN); BIO-ENERGY; BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK; EASTERN GAMAGRASS; INDIANGRASS (SORGHASTRUM NUTRANS L. NASH); PANICUM VIRGATUM;

BIOMASS;

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE; SORGHASTRUM; TRIPSACUM; TRIPSACUM DACTYLOIDES;

EID: 84905381968     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12086     Document Type: Article

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