Greenhouse gas fluxes and root productivity in a switchgrass and loblolly pine intercropping system for bioenergy production

Paliza Shrestha; John R. Seiler; Brian D. Strahm; Eric B. Sucre; Zakiya H. Leggett

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Greenhouse gas fluxes and root productivity in a switchgrass and loblolly pine intercropping system for bioenergy production

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Authors:

Paliza Shrestha, John R. Seiler, Brian D. Strahm, Eric B. Sucre, Zakiya H. Leggett

Year:

2015

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

In Proceedings of the 17th biennial southern silvicultural research conference. e–Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–203. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 3 p.

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Abstract

This study is part of a larger collaborative effort to determine the overall environmental sustainability of intercropping pine (Pinus taeda L.) and switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), both of which are promising feedstock for bioenergy production in the Lower Coastal Plain in North Carolina.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the 17th biennial southern silvicultural research conference

Citation

Shrestha, Paliza; Seiler, John R.; Strahm, Brian D.; Sucre, Eric B.; Leggett, Zakiya H. 2015. Greenhouse gas fluxes and root productivity in a switchgrass and loblolly pine intercropping system for bioenergy production. In Proceedings of the 17th biennial southern silvicultural research conference. e–Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS–203. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 3 p.