Biomass Production and Nutrient Removal by Perennial Energy Grasses Produced on a Wet Marginal Land
Abstract
Growing dedicated bioenergy crops on marginal land can provide beneficial outcomes including biomass production and energy, resource management, and ecosystem services. We investigated the effects of harvest timing (peak standing crop [PEAK] or after killing frost [KF]) and nitrogen (N) fertilizer rates (0, 56, and 112 kg N ha-1) on yield, nutrient concentrations, and nutrient removal rates of perennial grasses on a wet marginal land. We evaluated three monocultures, including switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L., SW), Miscanthus x giganteus (MG), prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata Link, PCG), and a polyculture mixture of big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii Vitman), Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash), and sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula Torr., MIX). Increasing the application of N did correlate with increased biomass, concentration, and subsequent removal of nutrients across almost all treatment combinations. In all grass treatments except MG, PEAK harvesting increased yield and nutrient removal. At PEAK harvest, switchgrass is ideal for optimizing both biomass production and nutrient removal. While our results also suggest short-term plasticity for farmers when selecting harvest timing for optimal nutrient removal, KF harvest is recommended to ensure long-term stand longevity and adequate nutrient removal. If the KF harvest is adopted, MG would be the ideal option for optimizing biomassmore »
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- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
- University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1976746
- Grant/Contract Number:
- EE0008521
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- BioEnergy Research
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 16; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1939-1234
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; nitrogen; removal; harvest timing; perennial grass; vegetative buffer; bioenergy crops; marginal land
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Cooney, Danielle R., Namoi, Nictor, Zumpf, Colleen, Lim, Soo-Hyun, Villamil, Maria, Mitchell, Robert, and Lee, D. K. Biomass Production and Nutrient Removal by Perennial Energy Grasses Produced on a Wet Marginal Land. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.1007/s12155-022-10488-0.
Cooney, Danielle R., Namoi, Nictor, Zumpf, Colleen, Lim, Soo-Hyun, Villamil, Maria, Mitchell, Robert, & Lee, D. K. Biomass Production and Nutrient Removal by Perennial Energy Grasses Produced on a Wet Marginal Land. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12155-022-10488-0
Cooney, Danielle R., Namoi, Nictor, Zumpf, Colleen, Lim, Soo-Hyun, Villamil, Maria, Mitchell, Robert, and Lee, D. K. Sat .
"Biomass Production and Nutrient Removal by Perennial Energy Grasses Produced on a Wet Marginal Land". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12155-022-10488-0. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1976746.
@article{osti_1976746,
title = {Biomass Production and Nutrient Removal by Perennial Energy Grasses Produced on a Wet Marginal Land},
author = {Cooney, Danielle R. and Namoi, Nictor and Zumpf, Colleen and Lim, Soo-Hyun and Villamil, Maria and Mitchell, Robert and Lee, D. K.},
abstractNote = {Growing dedicated bioenergy crops on marginal land can provide beneficial outcomes including biomass production and energy, resource management, and ecosystem services. We investigated the effects of harvest timing (peak standing crop [PEAK] or after killing frost [KF]) and nitrogen (N) fertilizer rates (0, 56, and 112 kg N ha-1) on yield, nutrient concentrations, and nutrient removal rates of perennial grasses on a wet marginal land. We evaluated three monocultures, including switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L., SW), Miscanthus x giganteus (MG), prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata Link, PCG), and a polyculture mixture of big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii Vitman), Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash), and sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula Torr., MIX). Increasing the application of N did correlate with increased biomass, concentration, and subsequent removal of nutrients across almost all treatment combinations. In all grass treatments except MG, PEAK harvesting increased yield and nutrient removal. At PEAK harvest, switchgrass is ideal for optimizing both biomass production and nutrient removal. While our results also suggest short-term plasticity for farmers when selecting harvest timing for optimal nutrient removal, KF harvest is recommended to ensure long-term stand longevity and adequate nutrient removal. If the KF harvest is adopted, MG would be the ideal option for optimizing biomass yield potential. Additionally, we found that the yield of polyculture did not vary much with harvest timing, suggesting better yield stability. Future studies should give consideration for long-term evaluation of polyculture mixtures to assess their biomass yields and nutrient removal capacities.},
doi = {10.1007/s12155-022-10488-0},
journal = {BioEnergy Research},
number = 2,
volume = 16,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Sat Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}
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