Perennial Biomass Crops for a Resource-Constrained World - Barth, Susanne; Murphy-Bokern, Donal; Kalinina, Olena; Taylor, Gail.; Jones, Michael; SpringerLink (Online service) (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016)
Part 1. Introduction Into Bioenergy Resources from Perennial Crops -- The Role of Perennial Biomass Crops in a Growing Bioeconomy -- Pointers for Bioenergy Policy in a Resource-Constrained World -- Perennial Grasses for sustainable European Protein Production -- Long Term Yields and Soil Carbon Sequestration from Miscanthus - A Review -- Miscanthus-Complemented Grassland in Europe - Additional Source of Biomass for Bioenergy -- Part 2. European Regional Examples for the Use of Perennial Crops for Bioenergy -- 'Soranovskii': a New Miscanthus Cultivar Developed in Russia -- Italian Experiences on Arundo Harvesting: Economic and Energy Appraisal -- Biomass Potential of Fibre Nettle in Lithuania -- An Evaluation of Grass Species as Feedstocks for Combustion in Ireland -- Part 3. Genotypic Selection of Perennial Biomass Crops for Crop Improvement -- New Breeding Collections of Miscanthus sinensis, M. sacchariflorus and Hybrids from Primorsky Krai, Far Eastern Russia -- Creation of Novel Tetraploid Miscanthus sinensis Genotypes -- A Review of Frost and Chilling Stress in Miscanthus and Its Importance to Biomass Yield -- Creation of Novel Cold Tolerant Miscanthus Hybrids -- Comparison of Different Miscanthus Genotypes for Ash Melting Behavior at Different Locations -- Bioenergy Trees: Genetic and Genomic Strategies to Improve Yield -- Screening of Giant Reed Clones for Phytoremediation of Lead Contaminated Soils -- Variation in Selected Traditional Grass Species in Relation to Moisture Loss Rate in Biomass Cut at Anthesis -- Part 4. Ecophysiology of Perennial Biomass Crops -- A Systems Approach Guiding Future Biomass Crop Development on Marginal Land -- Mycorrhiza-Based Biofertilizer Application to Improve the quality of Arundo donax L., plantlets -- Biomass Yield and N Uptake in Tall Fescue and Reed Canary Grass Depending on N and PK Fertilization on Two Marginal Sites in Denmark -- Energy Balance of Cardoon (Cynara cardunculus L.) Cultivation and Pyrolysis -- Part 5. Examples for End-Use of Perennial Biomass Crops -- Harvesting and Separation of Different Plant Fractions in Cynara cardunculus L -- Masonry Blocks from Lightweight Concrete on the Basis of Miscanthus as Aggregates -- Miscanthus Horse Bedding Compares Well to Alternatives.
Keywords: Agriculture; Climate change; Plant breeding; Agriculture; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.