Offsetting high water demands with high productivity: Sorghum as a biofuel crop in a high irradiance arid ecosystem

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 974-983

  Oikawa, Patricia Y ^a   Jenerette, G Darrel ^b   Grantz, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Biomass water ratio; Eddy covariance; Radiation use efficiency; Sorghum bicolor; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BOILING WATER REACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROPS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FEEDSTOCKS; LANDFORMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTIVITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EDDY COVARIANCE; RADIATION USE EFFICIENCY; SORGHUM BICOLOR; WATER RATIO; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

LIFE CYCLE;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CROP PLANT; EDDY COVARIANCE; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; SORGHUM; WATER DEMAND; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 84938968152     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12190     Document Type: Article

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