Cattle Slurry Fertilization to Giant Reed (Arundo donax L.): Biomass Yield and Nitrogen Use Efficiency

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1252-1262

  Ceotto, Enrico ^a   Castelli, Fabio ^a   Moschella, Anna ^a   Diozzi, Michele ^a   Di Candilo, Mario ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

C to N ratio; N agronomic efficiency; N physiological efficiency; N recovery efficiency; Perennial crop

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BIOMASS; CROPS; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; PHYSIOLOGY; SLURRY PIPELINES;

BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK; C TO N RATIO; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; N RECOVERIES; NITROGEN-USE EFFICIENCY; PERENNIAL CROPS; RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; RESEARCH QUESTIONS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EID: 84940954385     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-015-9577-2     Document Type: Article

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