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Title: Fast-growing willow shrub named `Fish Creek`

Abstract

A distinct male cultivar of Salix purpurea named 'Fish Creek', characterized by rapid stem growth producing greater than 30% more woody biomass than either of its parents ('94001' and '94006') and 20% more biomass than a current production cultivar ('SV1'). 'Fish Creek' can be planted from dormant stem cuttings, produces multiple stems after coppice, and the stem biomass can be harvested when the plant is dormant. In the spring following harvest, the plant will re-sprout very vigorously, producing new stems that can be harvested after two to four years of growth. This harvest cycle can be repeated several times. The stem biomass can be chipped and burned as a source of renewable energy, generating heat and/or electricity. 'Fish Creek' displays a low incidence of rust disease or damage by beetles or sawflies.

Inventors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); State Univ. of New York (SUNY), Albany, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
OSTI Identifier:
1176678
Patent Number(s):
PP17710
Application Number:
11/244,988
Assignee:
The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Albany, NY)
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; 4000003235
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2005 Oct 06
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
09 BIOMASS FUELS; 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Citation Formats

Abrahamson, Lawrence P., Kopp, Richard F., Smart, Lawrence B., and Volk, Timothy A. Fast-growing willow shrub named `Fish Creek`. United States: N. p., 2007. Web.
Abrahamson, Lawrence P., Kopp, Richard F., Smart, Lawrence B., & Volk, Timothy A. Fast-growing willow shrub named `Fish Creek`. United States.
Abrahamson, Lawrence P., Kopp, Richard F., Smart, Lawrence B., and Volk, Timothy A. 2007. "Fast-growing willow shrub named `Fish Creek`". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1176678.
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title = {Fast-growing willow shrub named `Fish Creek`},
author = {Abrahamson, Lawrence P. and Kopp, Richard F. and Smart, Lawrence B. and Volk, Timothy A.},
abstractNote = {A distinct male cultivar of Salix purpurea named 'Fish Creek', characterized by rapid stem growth producing greater than 30% more woody biomass than either of its parents ('94001' and '94006') and 20% more biomass than a current production cultivar ('SV1'). 'Fish Creek' can be planted from dormant stem cuttings, produces multiple stems after coppice, and the stem biomass can be harvested when the plant is dormant. In the spring following harvest, the plant will re-sprout very vigorously, producing new stems that can be harvested after two to four years of growth. This harvest cycle can be repeated several times. The stem biomass can be chipped and burned as a source of renewable energy, generating heat and/or electricity. 'Fish Creek' displays a low incidence of rust disease or damage by beetles or sawflies.},
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year = {Tue May 08 00:00:00 EDT 2007},
month = {Tue May 08 00:00:00 EDT 2007}
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