Sustainable energy crop production

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 9, Issue , 2014, Pages 20-25

  Del Grosso, Stephen ^a,d   Smith, Pete ^b   Galdos, Marcelo ^c   Hastings, Astley ^b   Parton, William ^d  

^a Agricultural Resource Service Soil Plant Nutrient Research Unit   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; BIOFUEL; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENERGY CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND USE CHANGE; NITROUS OXIDE;

EID: 84907806161     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2014.07.007     Document Type: Review

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