Sustainability of Corn Stover Harvest Strategies in Pennsylvania

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1310-1320

  Adler, Paul R ^a   Rau, Benjamin M ^b   Roth, Gregory W ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Corn stover; Soil carbon; Soil cover; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CARBON; COMPOSTING; CROPS; DROUGHT; HARVESTING; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIO-ENERGY; BIOENERGY PRODUCTIONS; CORN STOVER; CORN-SOYBEAN ROTATIONS; POTASSIUM CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL COVER; SOYBEAN [GLYCINE MAX (L.) MERR.];

SOILS;

EID: 84940963695     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-015-9593-2     Document Type: Article

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