Are the benefits of yield responses to nitrogen fertilizer application in the bioenergy crop Miscanthus × giganteus offset by increased soil emissions of nitrous oxide?

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 145-152

  Roth, Brendan ^a   Finnan, John M ^b   Jones, Mike B ^a   Burke, James I ^b,c   Williams, Michael L ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Miscanthus; N2O; Bioenergy; Emission intensity; Fossil fuel substitution; Nitrogen fertilizer

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CROPS; FOSSIL FUELS; LIFE CYCLE; NITROGEN OXIDES; SOILS;

BIO-ENERGY; EMISSION INTENSITY; FUEL SUBSTITUTION; MISCANTHUS; N2O;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

BIOENERGY; CROP YIELD; ENERGY CROP; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOSSIL FUEL; GRASS; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL EMISSION;

MISCANTHUS;

EID: 84919869307     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12125     Document Type: Article

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