Opportunities for energy crop production based on subfield scale distribution of profitability

Energies

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 6509-6526

  Bonner, Ian J ^a   Cafferty, Kara G ^a   Muth, David J ^b   Tomer, Mark D ^c   James, David E ^c   Porter, Sarah A ^c   Karlen, Douglas L ^c  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AgSolver Inc   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Corn stover; Landscape environmental assessment framework (LEAF); Subfield management; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; FORESTRY; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); LOSSES; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROFITABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

CONSERVATION PRACTICES; CORN STOVER; ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HERBACEOUS ENERGY CROPS; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; SWITCHGRASS;

CROPS;

EID: 84908892177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en7106509     Document Type: Article

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