Energy crops and their implications on soil and environment

H Blanco‐Canqui - Agronomy journal, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Interest in producing cellulosic ethanol from renewable energy sources is growing. Potential
energy crops include row crops such as corn (Zea mays L.), perennial warm‐season …

[HTML][HTML] A review of coupled hydrologic and crop growth models

SM Siad, V Iacobellis, P Zdruli, A Gioia, I Stavi… - Agricultural Water …, 2019 - Elsevier
Coupling hydrologic and crop models is becoming an increasingly important approach in
the development of agro-hydrologic theme. Scientists and decision makers working to …

Costs of producing miscanthus and switchgrass for bioenergy in Illinois

M Khanna, B Dhungana, J Clifton-Brown - Biomass and bioenergy, 2008 - Elsevier
There is growing interest in using perennial grasses as renewable fuels for generating
electricity and for producing bio-ethanol. This paper examines the costs of producing two …

Biomass production in switchgrass across the United States: Database description and determinants of yield

SD Wullschleger, EB Davis, ME Borsuk… - Agronomy …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Fundamental to deriving a sustainable supply of cellulosic feedstock for an emerging
biofuels industry is understanding how biomass yield varies as a function of crop …

LCA applied to perennial crop** systems: a review focused on the farm stage

C Bessou, C Basset-Mens, T Tran, A Benoist - The International Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Purpose Perennial crops globally provide a lot of fruit and other food products. They may
also provide feedstock for bioenergy and have been, notably to this end, the subject of …

Characterization of biochar from switchgrass carbonization

S Sadaka, MA Sharara, A Ashworth, P Keyser, F Allen… - Energies, 2014 - mdpi.com
Switchgrass is a high yielding, low-input intensive, native perennial grass that has been
promoted as a major second-generation bioenergy crop. Raw switchgrass is not a readily …

History of model development at Temple, Texas

JR Williams, JG Arnold, JR Kiniry… - Hydrological sciences …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Model development at Temple, Texas, USA has a long history. Prior to the actual
model development research, a hydrological data collection programme was established at …

Digital soil assessments: Beyond DSM

F Carré, AB McBratney, T Mayr, L Montanarella - Geoderma, 2007 - Elsevier
Over the last 10 years Digital Soil Map** (DSM) has emerged as a credible alternative to
traditional soil map**. However, DSM should not be seen as an end in itself, but rather as …

An integrated biogeochemical and economic analysis of bioenergy crops in the Midwestern United States

AK Jain, M Khanna, M Erickson, H Huang - Gcb Bioenergy, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This study integrates a biophysical model with a county‐specific economic analysis of
breakeven prices of bioenergy crop production to assess the biophysical and economic …

Bioenergy crop models: descriptions, data requirements, and future challenges

S Surendran Nair, S Kang, X Zhang, FE Miguez… - Gcb …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Field studies that address the production of lignocellulosic biomass as a source of
renewable energy provide critical data for the development of bioenergy crop models. A …