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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Miscanthus and Switchgrass"”.
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Soil carbon and nitrogen cycle modeling for bioenergy crops
Due to the increase in the demands for bioenergy, considerable areas in the Midwestern United States (US) could be converted into croplands for second generation bioenergy, such as the cultivation of miscanthus and switchgrass. Study on the effect of the expansion of these crops on soil carbon and …
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Expansion of bioenergy crops in the midwestern United States: implications for the hydrologic cycle under climate change
To meet emerging bioenergy demands, significant areas of the large-scale agricultural landscape of the Midwestern United States could be converted to 2nd generation bioenergy crops such as miscanthus and switchgrass. Their high biomass productivity in a longer growing season linked tightly to water …
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The impact of land-use and global change on water-related agro-ecosystem services in the midwest US
Humans have and are likely to continue to dramatically alter both the global landscape through the conversion of natural ecosystems into agriculture, and the atmosphere through the combustion of biomass and fossil fuels to meet the need for food and energy. Associated with these land use and global …
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Nitrogen fertilization, yield components, and species selection of perennial grass bioenergy cropping systems across eastern North America
… grasses are being studied as a fuel source and potential replacement for fossil fuels. Perennial grasses are a versatile group of potential bioenergy crops that have the ability to produce large yields on relatively low-quality land or with lower inputs than traditional annual row crops such …
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Variables Governing the Initial Stages of the Synergisms of Ultrasonic Treatment of Biochar in Water Saturated with Carbon Dioxide
… Journal, 2014;60:1054-1065). Treatments with switchgrass and miscanthus biochars have been conducted to examine the effects of acoustic intensity, biochar/H2O ratio, CO2 concentrations of the solution, and that in the headspace above the solution. The changes in biochars’ heating values, …
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Improving barley for biofuel production – investigating the role of 4CL and CCR in the lignin biosynthesis pathway
… factors in this recalcitrance. Grasses such as Miscanthus and switchgrass could become major sources of lignocellulose. Barley has potential as a genetically-tractable research model for such novel bioenergy crops and also as a bioenergy crop itself. This thesis concerns the 4CL and the CCR …
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Forward genetic analysis of cellulose biosynthesis inhibitor resistance and wall hydrolysis sensitivity.
… in cellulose biosynthesis is central in understanding cell wall assembly and structure in plants. We conducted screens using the herbicides, isoxaben and flupoxam which inhibit cellulose biosynthesis in higher plants. Mutations resulting in a high degree of resistance to isoxaben (ixr) or …
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A dynamic analysis of U.S. biofuels policy impact on land use, greenhouse gas emissions and social welfare
… have been promoted to achieve energy security and as a solution to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the transportation sector. This dissertation presents a framework to examine the extent to which biofuel policies reduce gasoline consumption and GHG emissions and their implications …