Switchgrass in California: Where, and at what price?

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 672-686

  Yi, Fujin ^a   Mérel, Pierre ^b   Lee, Juhwan ^c   Farzin, Y Hossein ^b   Six, Johan ^c  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biofuel feedstock; California; Positive mathematical programming; Regional model; Supply price; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOFUELS; FEEDSTOCKS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING;

BIOFUEL FEEDSTOCKS; CALIFORNIA; POSITIVE MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; REGIONAL MODEL; SUPPLY PRICE; SWITCHGRASS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGRICULTURE; AGRONOMY; BIOFUEL; BIOPHYSICS; GRASS; NUMERICAL METHOD; PRICE DETERMINATION;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 84908020884     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12075     Document Type: Article

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