Marginal land bioethanol yield potential of four crassulacean acid metabolism candidates (Agave fourcroydes, Agave salmiana, Agave tequilana and Opuntia ficus-indica) in Australia

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 687-703

  Owen, Nick A ^a   Griffiths, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agave; Australia; Bioenergy; Biofuel; Crassulacean acid metabolism; Environmental productivity index; Marginal land; Productivity model; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

BIOETHANOL; BIOFUELS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ETHANOL; FORESTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL MOISTURE;

AGAVE; AUSTRALIA; BIO-ENERGY; CRASSULACEAN ACID METABOLISM; MARGINAL LANDS; PRODUCTIVITY INDEX; PRODUCTIVITY MODEL; RENEWABLE ENERGIES;

METABOLISM;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; CRASSULACEAN ACID METABOLISM; MONOCOTYLEDON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

AUSTRALIA;

AGAVE; AGAVE FOURCROYDES; AGAVE SALMIANA; AGAVE TEQUILANA; CRASSULACEAE; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA;

EID: 84908017878     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12094     Document Type: Article

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