Article
Comparison of Biofuel Systems: COBS—A New Long-Term Study
Iowa State Research Farm Progress Reports
Farm
Ag Engineering/Agronomy, Central Iowa and BioCentury Research Farms
Publication Date
1-1-2008
Disciplines
Abstract
This project seeks to identify and develop cropping systems that produce large quantities of biofuel feedstocks while protecting soil and water resources and increasing biodiversity on the Iowa landscape. Treatments in the COBS experiment include a conventional corn-soybean cash grain system; continuous corn grown for grain and stover, with and without a winter cover crop; a mixture of perennial prairie plants fertilized for high biomass production; and a highly diverse, unfertilized mixture of prairie plants, which serves as a benchmark for understanding the functional characteristics of a native plant community.
Copyright Owner
Iowa State University
Copyright Date
2008
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Matthew Z. Liebman, Robert Horton, Michael Thompson, Robert P. Ewing, et al.. "Comparison of Biofuel Systems: COBS—A New Long-Term Study" (2008) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/robert-horton/3/