Switchgrass A Valuable Biomass Crop for Energy
The demand of renewable energies is growing steadily both from policy and from industry which seeks environmentally friendly feed stocks. The recent policies enacted by the EU, USA and other industrialized countries foresee an increased interest in the cu
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DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Publications from USDA-ARS / UNL Faculty
USDA Agricultural Research Service --Lincoln, Nebraska
1-1-2012
Chapter 4: Crop Management of Switchgrass Matt A. Sanderson USDA-ARS, [email protected]
Marty Schmer USDA, [email protected]
Vance Owens South Dakota State University, [email protected]
Pat Keyser University of Tennessee - Knoxville, [email protected]
Wolter Elbersen Wageningen Agricultural University, [email protected]
Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usdaarsfacpub Sanderson, Matt A.; Schmer, Marty; Owens, Vance; Keyser, Pat; and Elbersen, Wolter, "Chapter 4: Crop Management of Switchgrass" (2012). Publications from USDA-ARS / UNL Faculty. Paper 1319. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usdaarsfacpub/1319
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Chapter 4
Crop Management of Switchgrass Matt A. Sanderson, Marty Schmer, Vance Owens, Pat Keyser and Wolter Elbersen
Abstract Management of switchgrass for bioenergy and forage share some commonalities, of particular interest in bioenergy crop production is: (1) rapid establishment of switchgrass to generate harvestable biomass in the seeding year, (2) highly efficient management of soil and fertilizer N to minimize external energy inputs, and (3) harvest management to maximize yields of lignocellulose. Bioenergy cropping may entail management for multiple services in addition to biomass yield including soil C sequestration, wildlife habitat, landscape management, and water quality protection. Management is a critical factor especially as land classified as marginal or idle land will be emphasized for bioenergy
M. A. Sanderson (&) Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS, 459 Mandan, ND 58554, USA e-mail: [email protected] M. Schmer Agroecosystem Management Research Unit, USDA-ARS, 131 Keim Hall University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68583, USA e-mail: [email protected] V. Owens Plant Science Department, South Dakota State University, 244C NPB, 2140-C Brookings, SD 57007, USA e-mail: [email protected] P. Keyser Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries, University of Tennessee, 274 Ellington Plant Sciences Bldg, Knoxville, TN, USA e-mail: [email protected] W. Elbersen Food and Biobased Research, Wageningen UR, Bornse Weilanden 9, Building 118, 6708 WG, Wageningen 17, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands e-mail: [email protected] This article is a U.S. government work, and is not subject to copyright in the United States.
A. Monti (ed.), Switchgrass, Green Energy and Technology, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-2903-5_4, Ó Springer-Verlag London 2012
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