Exploitability of cultivated and wild cardoon as long-term, low-input energy crops

The potential ability in terms of biomass, achenes, oil and energy yield of two Cynara cardunculus L. genotypes (one cultivated cardoon and one wild cardoon) was evaluated along a 7-year experiment. It was carried out in a marginal farmland of Southern Italy, with low soil fertility and minimal exte...

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Main Authors: Rosario Paolo Mauro, Orazio Sortino, Gaetano Roberto Pesce, Michele Agnello, Sara Lombardo, Gaetano Pandino, Giovanni Mauromicale
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2015-03-01
Series:Italian Journal of Agronomy
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Online Access:https://www.agronomy.it/index.php/agro/article/view/638