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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"biomass quality"”.
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An Analysis Of The Impact Of Storage Temperature, Moisture Content & Duration Upon The Chemical Components & Bioprocessing Of Lignocellulosic Biomass
<p>The successful utilization of lignocellulosic biomass as a feedstock for fuels and chemicals necessitates storage for 2-6 months. It is correspondingly important to understand the impact of storage parameters - moisture concentration, temperature and duration - on biomass quality.</p> <p>As …
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Productivity, physiology, community dynamics, and ecological impacts of a grassland agro-ecosystem: integrating field studies and ecosystem modeling
… important in an agricultural context such as biomass production and benefits from an ecological perspective such as mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. My research has investigated the physiology, productivity and community dynamics of grassland ecosystems by combining field studies and …
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Genetic, agronomic and compositional characterization of brown midrib sweet sorghum lignocellulosic biomass for ethanol production
… its unique phenotypic and genotypic attributes. Quality (low lignin and high stem sugar concentration) and quantity (biomass yield, plant height, plant maturity, etc.) biomass traits are key contributors to ethanol yield and production. In this study, a 236 sorghum recombinant inbred line (RIL) …
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Biomass Crops in Marginal Lands.
… bioenergy/industrial non-food crops. Cultivating biomass crops on marginal land unsuitable for food production is consistently proposed as an alternative to minimize iLUC effects about land-use competition for food production, and its adverse effects (direct or indirect) on food security, land …
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Beyond productivity- Effects of extreme weather events on ecosystem processes and biotic interactions
… did not have effects on above- or below-ground biomass production from 2005-2010. Thus, the main objectives of this thesis were (1) to investigate if extreme weather events have an effect on ecosystem functions beyond productivity, (2) to test if such a high resistance or resilience in response …
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Fodder legumes for Green Biorefineries
… agricultural side, where the industrially-used biomass is produced. Therefore, the aim of my doctoral thesis is to analyse the sustainable feedstock supply for biorefineries. In contrast to most studies on biorefineries, I focus on the sustainable provision of feedstock and not on the …
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Functional studies of lignin biosynthesis genes and putative flowering gene in Miscanthus x giganteus and studies on indolyl glucosinolate biosynthesis and translocation in Brassica oleracea
… to provide basic information required to improve biomass quality and productivity and develop tools for gene transformation in Miscanthus x giganteus. The perennial rhizomatous grass, Miscanthus x giganteus is an ideal biomass crop due to its rapid vegetative growth and high biomass yield …