As today’s society searches for renewable energy sources that could be an alternative to fossil fuels, biomass and biofuels provide a promising solution. Switchgrass is one of feedstocks that can be utilized as a ren...
Switchgrass(Panicum virgatum L.)is a native and prominent perennial grass species used for feedstocks.High-throughput phenotyping of biomass component traits is desirable for switchgrass improvement and production.The...
supported by the University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign Hatch Project(1001878);the US Department of Energy,Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy(EERE),Bioenergy Technologies Office(BETO),grant number DE‐EE0008521.
Background:Decisions regarding the conversion of land from an existing crop to bioenergy crops are critical for the sustainable production of both food and fuels.This study seeks to establish criteria for delineating ...
supported by the National Science Foundation(grant number DEB 1452971);Rutgers Alberts Research Awards in Biodiversity,Rutgers Center for Turfgrass Science and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station to N.Zhang;the National Military Family Association,and the Garden Club of America。
Arbuscular mycorrhizal(AM)fungi contribute globally to ecosystem services and play an important role in sustainable crop production.However,it is unclear which factors contribute most to their colonization and communi...
Support for this research was provided by the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center,U.S.Department of Energy,Office of Science,Office of Biological and Environmental Research(Awards DE-SC0018409 and DE-FCO2-07ER64494);by the National Science Foundation Long-term Ecological Research Program(DEB 1832042)at the Kellogg Biological Station,and by Michigan State University AgBioResearch.
Aims Long-term determination of root biomass production upon land-use conversion to biofuel crops is rare.To assess land-use legacy influences on belowground biomass accumulation,we converted 22-year-old Conservation ...
This work was supported by the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China(2020M683593);the Chinese Universities Scientific Fund(2452019150);the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(SBK2020042924);the Science Technology and Innovation Committee of Shenzhen(GJHZ20190821160401654);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32061143023);Platform funding for Guangdong Provincial Enterprise Key Laboratory of Seed and Seedling Health Management Technology(2021B1212050011);the Hong Kong Research Grant Council(AoE/M-05/12,AoE/M-403/16,GRF14160516,14177617,12100318).
The rhizosheath,a layer of soil grains that adheres firmly to roots,is beneficial for plant growth and adaptation to drought environments.Switchgrass is a perennial C4 grass which can form contact rhizosheath under dr...
The authors would like to acknowledge funding support for this research by UTIA AgResearch through AgResearch Tuition Program.
Lignocellulosic biomass material sourced from plants and herbaceous sources is considered as a prospective feedstock of inexpensive,potentially carbon-neutral energy.Lignocellulosic biomass is structurally built on ce...
This work was supported by the Agricultural Variety Improvement Project of Shandong Province(No.2019LZGC010);National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31672479,31872879,31801429,and 31701496);Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS(2019213);QIBEBT and Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy(DNL);CAS(Grant:QIBEBT I201921 QIBEBT I201930).
Switchgrass(Panicum virgatum L.)is an important perennial,noninvasive,tall ornamental grass that adds color and texture to gardens and landscapes.Moreover,switchgrass has been considered a forage and bioenergy crop be...
Supported by the Natural Science Fund of Heilongjiang Province(LC2016009)(GH);U.S.Department of Energy and U.S.Department of Agricultural Plant Feedstocks Genomics for Bioenergy Program(DE-SC0008338 to XZ and BZ)。
Switchgrass(Panicum virgatum L.)as a high-quality bioenergy crop that can effectively improve saline-alkali soil has strong resistance to stress and grows well in marginal soil and some abiotic stress environments.Thi...
Feedstock sources and pyrolysis temperatures affect the physicochemical and morphological properties of biochars.We evaluated biochars derived from switchgrass(SGB)and poultry litter(PLB)pyrolyzed at 350℃(SGB350,PLB3...