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Claudia Arias, Gladys Lino, Elena Sánchez, Salvador Nogués and Xavier Serrat
The selection of non-food crops for bioenergy production in limiting environments is a priority for energy security and climate change mitigation. Therefore, more studies are needed on the interactions between species and environmental factors in specifi...
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Da-Hee An, Dong-Chil Chang, Kwang-Soo Kim, Ji-Eun Lee, Young-Lok Cha, Jae-Hee Jeong, Ji-Bong Choi and Soo-Yeon Kim
As biochar improves soil fertility and crop productivity, there is a growing interest in it as a resource for sustainable agriculture. Miscanthus sacchariflorus has promising applications in various industries because it has a large amount of biomass. Ho...
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Marcin Debowski, Joanna Kazimierowicz, Marcin Zielinski and Izabela Bartkowska
The development of a sustainable bioenergy market is currently largely fueled by energy crops, whose ever-increasing production competes with the global food and feed supply. Consequently, non-food crops need to be considered as alternatives for energy b...
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Valentina Pidlisnyuk, Tatyana Stefanovska, Olexander Zhukov, Artem Medkow, Pavlo Shapoval, Vitalii Stadnik and Martyn Sozanskyi
The impact of the plant growth regulators (PGRs) Stimpo, Regoplant, and Charkor on the production of the second-generation energy crop Miscanthus × giganteus on marginal post-military soil was investigated during two vegetation seasons. The land, previou...
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Xiao-Jun Su, Chun-Yan Zhang, Wen-Jia Li, Feng Wang, Ke-Qin Wang, Yun Liu and Qing-Ming Li
Efficient pretreatment is a prerequisite for lignocellulosic biomass biorefinery due to the structure of lignocellulose. This study is a first-time investigation into the structural changes of Miscanthus biomass treated with 60Co ?-ray irradiation in dif...
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Christof Lanzerstorfer
Miscanthus is an energy crop considered to show potential for a substantial contribution to sustainable energy production. In miscanthus combustion, 2.0% to 3.5% of the mass of the fuel remains as ash. This ash is less contaminated by heavy metals than a...
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Adam O?Toole, Christophe Moni, Simon Weldon, Anne Schols, Monique Carnol, Bernard Bosman and Daniel P. Rasse
The application of biochar to soils is a promising technique for increasing soil organic C and offsetting GHG emissions. However, large-scale adoption by farmers will likely require the proof of its utility to improve plant growth and soil quality. In th...
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Miguel Brandão, Roland Clift, Llorenç Milà i Canals and Lauren Basson
An integrated environmental and economic assessment of land use for food, energy and timber in the UK has been performed using environmental Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and economic Life Cycle Costing (LCC), to explore complementary sustainability aspect...
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