Use of wetlands for production of woody plants for fuels and petrochemical substitutes. [Alders, willows, poplars]

Technical Report · Sun Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5281767

Farnham, R S; Read, P

Work performed on this project in the past year has included the evaluations of natural stands productivity for wetland biomass species; propagation studies with alder, willow and poplar species; nursery establishment for production of cultivars and evaluation of wetland soils suitable for production of woody biomass species. Also a biomass research facility has been established in N. Minnesota suitable for long-term research and demonstration. Propagation research has included both micro and macro propagation techniques with native willows, selected willow clones from Sweden, alder seed selection from Finland and hybrid poplar clones from US Forest Service, Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Approximately 100,000 rooted plants will be available for field research by June 1, 1981.

• Research Organization: Minnesota Univ., St. Paul (USA). Dept. of Soil Science
• DOE Contract Number: FG01-78ET20588
• OSTI ID: 5281767
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/20588-T1; ON: DE84006512
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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