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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"bioenergy feedstocks"”.
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The utility of high-diversity prairie mixtures as bioenergy feedstocks
1 PDF file (vii, 45 pages)
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Cytogenetics and genome structure in genus Miscanthus, a potential source of bioenergy feedstocks
Miscanthus (subtribe Saccharinae, tribe Andropogoneae, family Poaceae) is a genus of temperate perennial C4 grasses. Accessions in the genus Miscanthus are potential crop candidates of lignocellulosic biomass for energy production, whose high biomass productivity is attractive as a biofuel …
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Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Switchgrass and Cottonwood Grown as Bioenergy Crops in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley
… potential to be utilized for the production of bioenergy feedstocks. Soil respiration is the gaseous emission of carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) from microbes and plant roots in the soil, and these emissions play an important role in the global cycling of carbon. Soil respiration can act as a …
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Linkage mapping in prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata Link) using genotyping-by-sequencing markers
… can be mitigated through the development of bioenergy systems. Bioenergy feedstocks tolerant of marginal land can reduce the tension between bioenergy production and food production. Prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata Link) is tolerant of poorly drained soils, saline soils, and low …
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Perennial energy crops on riparian buffers affect nitrogen cycling microbial communities
Production of perennial bioenergy crops on farmland that is suboptimal for food crops has been suggested for ecosystem services such as mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and reducing nutrient loss while producing sustainable bioenergy feedstocks. Even though we understand the relationship between …
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An Analysis Of The Impact Of Storage Temperature, Moisture Content & Duration Upon The Chemical Components & Bioprocessing Of Lignocellulosic Biomass
… were carried out with three projected bioenergy feedstocks - sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) bagasse, corn (Zea mays) stover and switchgrass (Panicum virgatum). Stored samples of each were examined for dry matter loss and composition change to develop a material balance around …
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Managing the continuous corn yield penalty with crop and residue management
… in food products, animal feed, and biofuel/bioenergy feedstocks, production of corn must increase with the projected increasing world population. As a result, yield per area or the area in corn production must increase, which could result in more corn following corn acres. Primary causative …
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Direct and Indirect Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Biomass Storage: Implications for Life Cycle Assessment of Biofuels
<p>Ethanol and other biofuels from cellulosic feedstocks are currently the most promising candidates to replace a large fraction of gasoline consumption in the United States and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Gaps in current approaches to estimating the net greenhouse gas emissions from …
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Community structure and function of mixed microalgal communities for nutrient recovery and the selection of lipid and carbohydrate accumulators for enhanced feedstock production in wastewater treatment
… SRT may be successfully leveraged to generate bioenergy feedstocks with a range of biochemical compositions and energy contents.
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The Thin Green Line: A Framework for Evaluating the Invasive Potential of Bioenergy Crops
… most economically and sustainably competitive bioenergy crops will need to be high yielding, perennial species which require minimal inputs coupled with the ability to grow on marginal land. Grower adoption will be imperative to the success of this industry. Our results indicate that after …
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Optimizing warm-season grasses for sustainable bioenergy feedstock production
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2020-05-01
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Identification of a gene that makes-plants-gigantic-1: characterization of mpg1, a novel mutant of rice
… biology because it is closely related to bioenergy feedstocks such as sorghum, switchgrass, and Miscanthus. Through the screening of a large population of transgenic rice plants, we discovered a single plant that was significantly larger than the wild-type control. Further investigation …
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Improving C4 photosynthetic chilling tolerance in bioenergy crops: the search for elite breeding materials
… of fuels. Due to their high productivity, C4 bioenergy feedstocks are among the top candidates for cultivation for biomass production, and crops such as sugarcane/energycane (Saccharum spp.), maize (Zea mays) , miscanthus (Miscanthus spp.), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), and switchgrass (Panicum …
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Belowground Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in a Loblolly Pine Forest Managed for Bioenergy Production
… energy and fuel production. Therefore, bioenergy production has expanded during the last decade, increasing demand for forest-based bioenergy feedstocks. Millions of acres of privately and industrially owned pine plantations exist across the southeastern US, representing a vast area of …
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The higher productivity of the bioenergy feedstock Miscanthus x giganteus relative to Panicum virgatum is seen both into the long term and beyond Illinois
Bioenergy crops provide a potentially carbon neutral, secure and abundant alternative to fossil fuels. To understand the land areas needed to achieve bioenergy at scale, primary information on the comparative productivity and sustainability of potential feedstocks in time and space is critical. Two …