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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

NALT Full

Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. organisms
  3. plants (botany)
  4. crops
  5. non-food crops
  6. energy crops
  1. Plant Production, Gardening
  2. plants (botany)
  3. crops
  4. non-food crops
  5. energy crops
  1. Fields of Study
  2. environmental enrichment
  3. plants (botany)
  4. crops
  5. non-food crops
  6. energy crops
  1. Fields of Study
  2. environmental enrichment
  3. plants (botany)
  4. crops
  5. non-food crops
  6. energy crops
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. environmental enrichment
  3. plants (botany)
  4. crops
  5. non-food crops
  6. energy crops
  1. Fields of Study
  2. environmental enrichment
  3. plants (botany)
  4. crops
  5. non-food crops
  6. energy crops
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. environmental enrichment
  3. plants (botany)
  4. crops
  5. non-food crops
  6. energy crops

Preferred term

energy crops

Type

  • Organism

Definition

  • Information Crops grown specifically to provide the raw materials for energy production, including food crops such as corn and sugarcane and nonfood crops such as poplar trees and switchgrass.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Concept scheme: NALT Full

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Synonyms

  • bioenergy crops
  • biofuel crops
  • biomass crops
  • biomass energy crops
  • fuel crops

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/127351

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