How Seasonal Drought Affect Carbon and Water Fluxes of Alternative Energy Crops in the US?

Eva Joo1, Mir Zaman Hussain2, Marcelo Zeri3, Mike Masters1, Nuria Gomez-Casanovas1, Evan H DeLucia4 and Carl Bernacchi5, (1)University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States, (2)Michigan State University, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, East Lansing, United States, (3)Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais, Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil, (4)University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, Department of Plant Biology, Urbana, IL, United States, (5)Global Change and Photosynthesis Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Urbana, IL, United States
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