Cereal-pea intercrops to improve sustainability in bioethanol production

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 827-835

  Pellicanò, Antonio ^a   Romeo, Maurizio ^a   Pristeri, Aurelio ^a   Preiti, Giovanni ^a   Monti, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Cereal straw; Cereal legume intercropping; Crop residues; LER; Pea

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CROP RESIDUE; CROP YIELD; ETHANOL; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; SUSTAINABILITY;

HORDEUM; PISUM SATIVUM; TRITICOSECALE; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84925756107     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-015-0294-1     Document Type: Article

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