The biology and agronomy of switchgrass for biofuels

DJ Parrish, JH Fike - BPTS, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.)—a perennial, warm-season (C4) species—evolved
across North America into multiple, divergent populations. The resulting natural variation …

Switchgrass for bioethanol and other value-added applications: a review

DR Keshwani, JJ Cheng - Bioresource technology, 2009 - Elsevier
Switchgrass is a promising feedstock for value-added applications due to its high
productivity, potentially low requirements for agricultural inputs and positive environmental …

Development of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) as a bioenergy feedstock in the United States

SB McLaughlin, LA Kszos - Biomass and bioenergy, 2005 - Elsevier
A 10-year US Department of Energy-sponsored research program designed to evaluate and
develop switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), a native perennial warm-season grass, as a …

Switchgrass as an energy crop for biofuel production: a review of its ligno-cellulosic chemical properties

K David, AJ Ragauskas - Energy & Environmental Science, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past two decades, the use of biomass as a resource for biofuels and bioenergy has
garnered much interest. The reduction in green house gas emissions of renewable fuels as …

Biomass yield and quality of 20 switchgrass populations in southern Iowa, USA

R Lemus, EC Brummer, KJ Moore, NE Molstad… - Biomass and …, 2002 - Elsevier
Renewable bioenergy could be supplied by high yielding grass crops, such as switchgrass
(Panicum virgatum L.). Successful development of a bioenergy industry will depend on …

能源作物柳枝稷研究进展

刘吉利, 朱万斌, 谢光辉, 林长松, 程序 - 草业学报, 2009 - cyxb.magtech.com.cn
目前, 可再生能源特别是能源作物成了能源研究的新热点. 柳枝稷适应性强, 产量潜力大,
且对环境友好, 是理想的能源作物. 本研究从生物学特性, 生态适应性, 柳枝稷能源生产管理措施 …

Latitudinal adaptation of switchgrass populations

MD Casler, KP Vogel, CM Taliaferro, RL Wynia - Crop Science, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is a widely adapted warm‐season perennial that has
considerable potential as a biofuel crop. Evolutionary processes and environmental factors …

[PDF][PDF] Developing switchgrass as a bioenergy crop

S McLaughlin, J Bouton, D Bransby… - Perspectives on new …, 1999 - researchgate.net
The utilization of energy crops produced on American farms as a source of renewable fuels
is a concept with great relevance to current ecological and economic issues at both national …

Switchgrass breeding, genetics, and genomics

MD Casler - Switchgrass: a valuable biomass crop for energy, 2012 - Springer
Switchgrass was one of the dominant species of the North American tallgrass prairie and
savanna ecosystems that once dominated a large portion of the continent. It is currently used …

Capturing heterosis in forage crop cultivar development

EC Brummer - Crop science, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the widespread use of hybrid cultivars in many crop species, most forage crop
cultivars are synthetic populations that do not express maximum heterosis for important …