Present and future options for Miscanthus propagation and establishment

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 1233-1246

  Xue, Shuai ^a   Kalinina, Olena ^a   Lewandowski, Iris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Establishment costs; Micropropagation; Miscanthus propagation; Rhizome; Seed; Stem

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CROPS; SEED;

BIOMASS YIELD; ESTABLISHMENT COST; FUTURE OPTIONS; MICROPROPAGATION; MISCANTHUS; MISCANTHUS PROPAGATION; PLANTLETS; RHIZOME; RHIZOME PLANTING; STEM;

COST REDUCTION;

EID: 84929572235     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.04.168     Document Type: Review

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