High photosynthetic rate and water use efficiency of Miscanthus lutarioriparius characterize an energy crop in the semiarid temperate region

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 207-218

  Yan, Juan ^a   Zhu, Caiyun ^b   Liu, Wei ^b   Luo, Fan ^b   Mi, Jia ^b   Ren, Yongjian ^c   Li, Jianqiang ^a   Sang, Tao ^b  

^a Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c Wuhan Regional Climate Center   (China)

Author keywords

Miscanthus; Bioenergy; Biofuel; Domestication; Marginal land; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; LANDFORMS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEDIMENTS;

BIO-ENERGY; DOMESTICATION; LEAF PHOTOSYNTHESIS; MARGINAL LANDS; MISCANTHUS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CROPS;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; DOMESTICATION; ENERGY CROP; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SEMIARID REGION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CHINA; HENAN; HUBEI; LOESS PLATEAU; QINYANG;

MISCANTHUS; MISCANTHUS SACCHARIFLORUS; MISCANTHUS SINENSIS;

EID: 84923089379     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12118     Document Type: Article

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