Perennial Bioenergy Crop Yield and Quality Response to Nitrogen Fertilization
Abstract
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 prairiemore »
- Authors:
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[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)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), Madison, WI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1637671
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0018409; FC02-07ER64494
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- BioEnergy Research
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 13; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1939-1234
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 09 BIOMASS FUELS; biomass yield; glucose content; xylose content; ethanol yield; perennial grasses
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Wang, Sichao, Sanford, Gregg R., Robertson, G. Philip, Jackson, Randall D., and Thelen, Kurt D. Perennial Bioenergy Crop Yield and Quality Response to Nitrogen Fertilization. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1007/s12155-019-10072-z.
Wang, Sichao, Sanford, Gregg R., Robertson, G. Philip, Jackson, Randall D., & Thelen, Kurt D. Perennial Bioenergy Crop Yield and Quality Response to Nitrogen Fertilization. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12155-019-10072-z
Wang, Sichao, Sanford, Gregg R., Robertson, G. Philip, Jackson, Randall D., and Thelen, Kurt D. Wed .
"Perennial Bioenergy Crop Yield and Quality Response to Nitrogen Fertilization". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12155-019-10072-z. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1637671.
@article{osti_1637671,
title = {Perennial Bioenergy Crop Yield and Quality Response to Nitrogen Fertilization},
author = {Wang, Sichao and Sanford, Gregg R. and Robertson, G. Philip and Jackson, Randall D. and Thelen, Kurt D.},
abstractNote = {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).},
doi = {10.1007/s12155-019-10072-z},
journal = {BioEnergy Research},
number = 1,
volume = 13,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Nov 20 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Wed Nov 20 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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