Assessing on-farm productivity of Miscanthus crops by combining soil mapping, yield modelling and remote sensing

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 85, Issue , 2016, Pages 252-261

  Richter, Goetz M ^a   Agostini, Francesco ^a   Barker, Alexandra ^a,b   Costomiris, Delphine ^a,c   Qi, Aiming ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c SAPEC AGRO en France   (France)

Author keywords

Agronomy; Crop establishment; Land use; Optical remote sensing; Soil maps; Yield gap

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRONOMY; BIOMASS; CLAY; CROPS; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; SOIL SURVEYS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; CROP ESTABLISHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MAPS; SYSTEMATIC INTEGRATION; YIELD GAP;

REMOTE SENSING;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOENERGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL SUPPLY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GRASS; PHYTOMASS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL COVER; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

MISCANTHUS;

EID: 84951959183     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: 18732909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2015.12.024     Document Type: Article

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