Life cycle greenhouse gas, energy, and water assessment of wine grape production in California

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1243-1253

  Steenwerth, Kerri L ^a   Strong, Emma B ^b   Greenhut, Rachel F ^a   Williams, Larry ^b   Kendall, Alissa ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Energy footprint; Fertilizer; Grape; LCA; Pesticide; Vineyard; Wine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPOST; CROP PROTECTION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FARMING SYSTEM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; GRAPE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HARVEST; HARVESTING; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LANDSCAPING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PLANT WATER USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY; TILLAGE; UNITED STATES; VINEYARD; VINICULTURE; WATER ANALYSIS;

VITACEAE; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 84939268285     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-015-0935-2     Document Type: Article

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