Bioenergy from willow: 1995 annual report, November 1987--December 1995. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1997

OSTI ID:658716

White, E H; Abrahamson, L P; Kopp, R F; Robinson, D J

Experiments were established at Tully, New York, by the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, in cooperation with the University of Toronto and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, to assess the potential of willows for wood biomass production. Specific objectives included determining the effects of clone type, fertilization, spacing, cutting cycle, and irrigation on biomass production. Production was high, with willow clone SV1 yielding nearly 32 oven dry tons per acre with three-year harvest cycle, irrigation, and fertilization. Clone type, fertilization, spacing, cutting cycle, and irrigation all significantly affected biomass production. Willow clone-site trials planted at Massena, and Tully, NY in 1993 grew well during 1994 and 1995, but some clones in the Massena trial were severely damaged by deer browse.

• Research Organization: State Univ. of New York, Coll. of Environmental Science and Forestry, Albany, NY (United States); Research Foundation of the State of New York, Albany, NY (United States); New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, Albany, NY (United States); Empire State Electric Energy Research Corp., New York, NY (United States); Gas Research Inst., Chicago, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, Albany, NY (United States); Empire State Electric Energy Research Corp., New York, NY (United States); Gas Research Inst., Chicago, IL (United States)
• OSTI ID: 658716
• Report Number(s): PB--98-158983/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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