Perennial Bioenergy Crop Yield and Quality Response to Nitrogen Fertilization

Wang, Sichao; Sanford, Gregg R.; Robertson, G. Philip; Jackson, Randall D.; Thelen, Kurt D.

doi:10.1007/s12155-019-10072-z

Title: Perennial Bioenergy Crop Yield and Quality Response to Nitrogen Fertilization

Journal Article · Wed Nov 20 00:00:00 EST 2019 · BioEnergy Research

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s12155-019-10072-z· OSTI ID:1637671

^[1]; Sanford, Gregg R. ^[2]; Robertson, G. Philip ^[3]; Jackson, Randall D. ^[2]; Thelen, Kurt D. ^[1]

Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); Michigan State Univ., Hickory Corner, MI (United States)

At two sites in the North Central USA (Michigan (KBS) and Wisconsin (ARL)), we evaluated the effect of N fertilization on the yield and quality of five perennial bioenergy feedstock cropping systems: (1) switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), (2) giant miscanthus (Miscanthus × giganteus), (3) a native grass mixture (5 species), (4) an early successional field (volunteer herbaceous species), and (5) a restored prairie (18 species). In a randomized complete block design with 5 replicates and 2 split plots, N was applied at 0 and 56 kg ha^–1 to split plots for each cropping system from 2010 to 2016. No yield response to N was detected in switchgrass at either location in any year. Giant miscanthus exhibited a positive yield response to N at both sites (11% at KBS and 83% at ARL). Nitrogen fertilizer addition significantly reduced glucose (KBS 12.9 and 13.8 g kg^–1 year^–1, ARL 11.2 and 9.7 g kg^–1 year^–1) in the native grass mix and restored prairie systems respectively. Here, nitrogen fertilizer also reduced xylose at KBS in the switchgrasss, native grass mix, and restored prairie (4.9, 7.5, and 5.0 g kg^–1 year^–1). At ARL, N fertilization reduced xylose levels in switchgrass, giant miscanthus, and restored prairie (7.4, 6.8, and 6.2 g kg^–1 year^–1) and increased xylose levels in the early successional system (5.0 g kg^–1 year^–1).

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Research Organization:: Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), Madison, WI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0018409; FC02-07ER64494

OSTI ID:: 1637671

Journal Information:: BioEnergy Research, Vol. 13, Issue 1; ISSN 1939-1234

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