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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Prairie cordgrass"”.
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Molecular, cytogenetic, anatomical, and morphological variations associated with polyploids of prairie cordgrass
… lands, where food crops cannot be grown. Prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata Link) has been recommended as a dedicate energy crop grown on marginal land. This species is tall (1-3 m), rhizomatous, C4 perennial grass, native to North America, and commonly found in lower, poorly drained …
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Development of prairie cordgrass (spartina pectinata link) as a dedicated bioenergy crop
… of the dominant native grass species (Poaceae), prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata Link) showed potential as a dedicated bioenergy crop on marginal land. However, prairie cordgrass biomass-production research has been limited to several local varieties or cultivars. To further investigate its …
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Evaluation of Prairie Cordgrass (Spartina pectinat, link) for Biomass Production on Marginal Land
… use of bioenergy crops such as switchgrass and prairie cordgrass will help to meet future energy and biomass needs through the process of converting crop biomass into bioenergy sources with less environmental damage. Prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata Link.) is a high yielding warm season …
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Linkage mapping in prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata Link) using genotyping-by-sequencing markers
… bioenergy production and food production. Prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata Link) is tolerant of poorly drained soils, saline soils, and low temperature. Prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata) is a polyploid Chloridoid grass with tetraploid (2n=4X=40), hexaploid (2n=6X=60), and …
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DNA diversity in prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata Link) populations indigenous to the United States
… crop varieties using polymorphisms in DNA. Prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata Link) has many uses such as conservation and wildlife habitat, and is currently being developed as a bioenergy crop. This species is a C4, rhizotomous, perennial grass, native to the North American Prairie. In …
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Prairie cordgrass as cellulosic ethanol feedstock and chemical hydrolysis with disk milling for pretreatment
… quantity, eleven natural populations of prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata L.) harvested in 2011 and 2012 were evaluated as a bioethanol feedstock. After dilute acid pretreatment and simultaneous saccharification and cofermentation (SScF), ethanol yields from prairie cordgrass reached …
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Chromosome pairing and its relationship to fertility in cytotypes of prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata Link)
Prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata Link) is a polyploid, perennial, C4 grass that is native to North America. The species is able to produce large amounts of biomass, and it is tolerant to a number of environmental stresses. Due to these characteristics, it is useful for purposes such as …
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Effects of AFEX Pretreatment, Denisifcation and Storage on Ethanol Yields of Corn Stover, Switchgrass and Prairie Cordgrass
… of corn stover (CS), switchgrass (SG) and prairie cordgrass (PCG) were addressed as part of a cellulose-to-ethanol process. It is most cost-effective to transport densified cellulosic materials; however this can be cost prohibitive. AFEX pretreatment coupled with an innovative densification …
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Productivity, Carbon Sequestration, Nutrient Accumulation, And Species Interactions In Perennial Biomass Alley Cropping Systems
… crops were switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link), ‘Rush’ intermediate wheatgrass (Thinopyrum intermedium [Host] Barkworth and Dewey cv. Rush), and an eleven species native polyculture. After four years of growth, we found that NM6 poplar alley …
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Perennial grasses as sustainable bioenergy crops for marginal lands
… to heat, cold, drought, salinity, and flooding. Prairie cordgrass is native to North America and can be grown on lands that are too wet for corn, switchgrass, and big bluestem. They are highly tolerant to flooding and salinity. Big bluestem was primarily evaluated for forage purpose, but recently …
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Study of agronomic factors important to the establishment of various perennial grass bioenergy feedstock species
… and its ability to grow well on marginal land. Prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata Link) is another native tall prairie grass with characteristics similar to switchgrass, and it has been studied recently for its ability to produce high biomass yields under saline soil conditions. Similar to M. …
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Lignin Transformation and Characterization of Pyrolytic Products
… UHPLC analysis. Extracted lignin from torrefied prairie cordgrass at 250 °C (Tor250), 300 °C (Tor300), and 350 °C (Tor350) yielded 23.5±1.6 wt%, 5.4±6.8 wt%, and 4.1±7.3 wt% of lignin respectively with 92-93.1 wt% recovered lignin relative to the organosolvent method. Torrefaction at 350 °C …
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Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium removal from perennial energy grasses when grown on wet marginal land
… species (switchgrass, Miscanthus x giganteus, prairie cordgrass, and a native grass mixture), and N-rate (0, 56, and 112 kg N ha-1), on nutrient removal in grass biomass grown on a riparian buffer. Harvest year, harvest timing, species, and N- rate, all significantly affected nutrient …
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Integration of Extrusion and Clean Fractionation Processes as a Pretreatment Technology of Lignocellulosic Biomasses
… organosolv treatment applied to raw and extruded prairie cordgrass, switchgrass and com stover. The goal of these experiments was to examine the clean fractionation process as a pretreatment method for lignocellulosic biomass and its effectiveness in production of highly digestible cellulose pulp, …
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Perennial energy crops on riparian buffers affect nitrogen cycling microbial communities
… practices, including grass species (switchgrass, prairie cordgrass, Miscanthus x giganteus, and a grass mixture), harvest timing (at anthesis and after a killing frost), and N application rate (0, 56, and 112 kg N ha-1) on soil functional microbial communities involved in the N cycle on a wet …
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Canada thistle (Cirsium arvense [L.] Scop.) response to mowing, herbicide, competitive grasses, and soil amendments on wetland, upland, and mesic sites
… seeding western wheatgrass (upland sites) or prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link) (wetland sites) alone or in combination with Regreen (upland and wetland sites). Six sites (three wetland, three upland) were paired geographically across Colorado with each wetland site in close …
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Herbivore movement and spatial population dynamics in a heterogeneous landscape
… crocea within and among host-plant patches (prairie cordgrass, Spartina pectinata) is affected by the composition of the matrix (the invasive grass smooth brome [Bromus inermis], native non-host grasses, or mudflat). First, using a mark-recapture study in networks of experimental cordgrass …
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Comprehensive Structural and Thermal Characterization of Selected Grass Lignins
… of lignin will increase its utilization. Prairie cordgrass lignin (PCGL), switchgrass lignin (SGL), big bluestem lignin (BBSL), and miscanthus lignin (MSL) were isolated by an organosolv method with 90% extraction yields. Differential scanning calorimetry analysis show SGL had the highest …
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Development of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Upgrading Biomass Pyrolysis Bio-Oils into Advanced Biofuels
… were used for upgrading bio-oils derived from prairie cordgrass (PCG) and alkali lignin pyrolysis in a two-stage reactor system. 12%Ni/HZSM-5 catalyst yielded the highest amount of gasoline fraction hydrocarbons (32.45%) for PCG bio-oil upgrading. 4%Mo- 2%Co/HZSM-5 catalyst showed a robust …
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Implications of Best Management Practices on Channel Evolution within the Bad River Watershed: West Central South Dakota
… vegetation, specifically Spartina pectinata (prairie cordgrass, PCG), a tall native warm season grass. Dense and moderate PCG stands were found in 15 and 23 reaches respectively, but were absent in 64 reaches within Ash Creek. Channel morphology was characteristically different among three …
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