Miscanthus: a fast‐growing crop for biofuels and chemicals production

N Brosse, A Dufour, X Meng, Q Sun… - Biofuels, Bioproducts …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Miscanthus represents a key candidate energy crop for use in biomass‐to‐liquid fuel‐
conversion processes and biorefineries to produce a range of liquid fuels and chemicals; it …

Application of pretreatment, fermentation and molecular techniques for enhancing bioethanol production from grass biomass–A review

S Mohapatra, C Mishra, SS Behera, H Thatoi - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2017 - Elsevier
Grasses as lignocellulose biomass are promising feed stocks for renewable bioethanol
production, since these raw materials have high productivity, require low agricultural inputs …

Miscanthus: a promising biomass crop

EA Heaton, FG Dohleman, AF Miguez, JA Juvik… - Advances in botanical …, 2010 - Elsevier
Abstract The C 4 grass Miscanthus× giganteus is of increasing interest as a biomass
feedstock for renewable fuel production. This review describes what is known to date on M.× …

Bioenergy crop Miscanthus x giganteus acts as an ecosystem engineer to increase bacterial diversity and soil organic matter on marginal land

JL Kane, RG Schartiger, NK Daniels… - Soil Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cultivation of the bioenergy and bioproduct crop Miscanthus x giganteus (Miscanthus) on
marginal lands (including those that are anthropogenically damaged) is attractive due to the …

Growth and agronomy of Miscanthus × giganteus for biomass production

E Anderson, R Arundale, M Maughan, A Oladeinde… - Biofuels, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Miscanthus× giganteus is a highly productive, sterile, rhizomatous, C4 perennial grass that
should be considered as a feedstock for bioenergy production. Here, we review the current …

Miscanthus × giganteus productivity: the effects of management in different environments

M Maughan, G Bollero, DK Lee, R Darmody… - Gcb …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
M iscanthus× giganteus is a C 4 perennial grass that shows great potential as a high‐
yielding biomass crop. Scant research has been published that reports M.× giganteus …

Yield comparison of four lignocellulosic perennial energy crop species

H Borkowska, R Molas - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2013 - Elsevier
From 2006 to 2009, block template experiments were conducted to evaluate the biomass
yield of four crop species—Amur silvergrass, Giant Miscanthus, Virginia fanpetals, and two …

125th anniversary review: fuel alcohol: current production and future challenges

GM Walker - Journal of the Institute of Brewing, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Global research and industrial development of liquid transportation biofuels are moving at a
rapid pace. This is mainly due to the significant roles played by biofuels in decarbonising our …

Responsiveness of miscanthus and switchgrass yields to stand age and nitrogen fertilization: A meta‐regression analysis

BP Sharma, N Zhang, DK Lee, E Heaton… - GCB …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Optimal management of the perennial bioenergy crops, miscanthus and switchgrass,
requires an understanding of their responsiveness to nitrogen (N) fertilizer at different …

Genetic and biotechnological approaches for biofuel crop improvement

ME Vega-Sánchez, PC Ronald - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2010 - Elsevier
Research and development efforts for biofuel production are targeted at converting plant
biomass into renewable liquid fuels. Major obstacles for biofuel production include lack of …