Energy crops and pesticide contamination: Lessons learnt from the development of energy crop cultivation in Germany

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 416-428

  Bunzel, Katja ^a,b   Kattwinkel, Mira ^c   Schauf, Monika ^a   Thrän, Daniela ^a,d,e  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d DBFZ DEUTSCHES BIOMASSEFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM GEMEINNÜTZIGE GMBH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Bioenergy; Crop rotation; Energy crops; Grassland; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; BIO-ENERGY; CROP ROTATION; ENERGY CROPS; GRASSLAND;

PESTICIDES;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; CROP ROTATION; ENERGY CROP; FOOD PRODUCTION; PESTICIDE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GERMANY;

EID: 84909641857     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.08.016     Document Type: Article

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