Response to Nitrogen of Sweet Pearl Millet and Sweet Sorghum Grown for Ethanol in Eastern Canada

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 807-820

  Thivierge, Marie Noëlle ^a   Chantigny, Martin H ^b   Bélanger, Gilles ^b   Seguin, Philippe ^c   Bertrand, Annick ^b   Vanasse, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cattle slurry; Nitrogen fertilization; Pig slurry; Sugar based ethanol; Sweet pearl millet; Sweet sorghum

Indexed keywords

ETHANOL; GEMS; MANURES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; SLURRY PIPELINES;

CATTLE SLURRY; NITROGEN FERTILIZATION; PEARL MILLET; PIG SLURRIES; SWEET SORGHUM;

MINERALS;

EID: 84930480388     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-014-9558-x     Document Type: Article

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