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Nitrogen and harvest management of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) grassland for sustainable biomass feedstock production

  1. Do Kyoung Lee1,
  2. Ezra Aberle2,
  3. Chengci Chen3,
  4. Josh Egenolf4,
  5. Keith Harmoney5,
  6. Gopal Kakani6,
  7. Robert L. Kallenbach7,
  8. Joseph C. Castro1,*

Article first published online: 11 MAY 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2012.01177.x

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GCB Bioenergy

GCB Bioenergy

Volume 5, Issue 1, pages 6–15, January 2013

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Lee, D. K., Aberle, E., Chen, C., Egenolf, J., Harmoney, K., Kakani, G., Kallenbach, R. L. and Castro, J. C. (2013), Nitrogen and harvest management of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) grassland for sustainable biomass feedstock production. GCB Bioenergy, 5: 6–15. doi: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2012.01177.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA

  2. 2

    Carrington Research Extension Center, North Dakota State University, Carrington, ND, USA

  3. 3

    Central Agricultural Research Center, Montana State University, Moccasin, MT, USA

  4. 4

    Odum School of Ecology, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

  5. 5

    Agricultural Research Center, Kansas State University, Hays, KS, USA

  6. 6

    Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA

  7. 7

    Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

*Correspondence: Joseph C. Castro, tel. + 217 417 4529, fax + 217 333 5299, e-mail: castrjc@gmail.com

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 6 DEC 2012
  2. Article first published online: 11 MAY 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 9 MAR 2012
  4. Manuscript Received: 2 FEB 2012

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  • South Dakota State University. Grant Number: DE-FC36-05GO85041

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