Short-rotation intensive culture of woody crops for energy: Principles and practices for the Great Lakes Region

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:7120224

This document is intended to serve as an introduction and general guide to short-rotation intensive culture (SRIC) of woody crops for energy, especially as applicable to the Great Lakes Region. Individual chapters discuss and explain all major aspects of plantation establishment and management, including: species and site selection; available planting stock; site preparation practices and planting options; and plantation management and cultural requirements and options. Additional chapters examine the environmental considerations associated with SRIC; currently available wood harvesting and handling options, along with RandD directions and prototypical equipment development; and the economics of SRIC systems operation. Though oriented principally toward conditions in the Great Lakes Region, coverage of the fundamental concepts and considerations associated with SRIC is general enough to make this guidebook useful in much of the US. 49 refs., 34 figs., 12 tabs.

• Research Organization: Meridian Corp., Falls Church, VA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG05-83OR21390
• OSTI ID: 7120224
• Report Number(s): DOE/OR/21390-T17; ON: DE88015079
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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