A5012123803- Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
- Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
- Agricultural pest management studies
- Wireless Signal Modulation Classification
- Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
- Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
- Radar Systems and Signal Processing
- Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
- Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
- Seed and Plant Biochemistry
- Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Plant responses to water stress
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Rural development and sustainability
- Geophysical Methods and Applications
Hunan Agricultural University
2019-2024
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
2023
University of Hohenheim
2014-2018
Biobase (Germany)
2016-2017
Wayamba University of Sri Lanka
2002
This paper describes the complete findings of EU-funded research project OPTIMISC, which investigated methods to optimize production and use miscanthus biomass. Miscanthus bioenergy bioproduct chains were by trialing fifteen diverse germplasm types in a range climatic soil environments across central Europe, Ukraine, Russia China. The abiotic stress tolerances wider panel 100 drought, salinity low temperatures measured laboratory field trial Belgium. A small selection was evaluated for...
This study deals with approaches for a social-ecological friendly European bioeconomy based on biomass from industrial crops cultivated marginal agricultural land. The selected to be investigated are: Biomass sorghum, camelina, cardoon, castor, crambe, Ethiopian mustard, giant reed, hemp, lupin, miscanthus, pennycress, poplar, reed canary grass, safflower, Siberian elm, switchgrass, tall wheatgrass, wild sugarcane, and willow. research question focused the overall crop growth suitability...
The growing bioeconomy will require a greater supply of biomass in the future for both bioenergy and bio-based products. Today, many cropping systems (BCS) are suboptimal due to either social-ecological threats or technical limitations. In addition, competition land between bioenergy-crop cultivation, food-crop biodiversity conservation is expected increase as result continuous world population growth severe climate change effects. This study investigates how BCS can become more...
Abstract Miscanthus is a promising fiber crop with high potential for sustainable biomass production biobased economy. The effect of composition on the processing efficiency miscanthus different biorefinery value chains was evaluated, including combustion, anaerobic digestion and enzymatic saccharification bioethanol. Biomass quality analyzed in detail using stem leaf fractions summer (July) winter (March) harvested eight compositionally diverse sinensis genotypes. Genotype performance tests...
Miscanthus is a genus of perennial rhizomatous grasses with C4 photosynthesis which indigenous in wide geographic range Asian climates. The sterile clone, × giganteus (M. giganteus), naturally occurring interspecific hybrid that has been used commercially Europe for biomass production over decade. Although, M. many outstanding performance characteristics including high yields and low nutrient offtakes, commercial expansion limited by cloning rates, slow establishment to mature yield, frost...
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Efficient utilization of lignocellulosic Miscanthus biomass for the production biochemicals, such as ethanol, is challenging due to its recalcitrance, which influenced by individual plant cell wall polymers and their interactions. Lignocellulosic composition differs depending on several factors, age, harvest date, organ type, genotype. Here, four selected genotypes (Miscanthus sinensis, sacchariflorus, × giganteus, sinensis sacchariflorus hybrid) were grown harvested, separated into stems...
In Europe, the perennial C4 grass miscanthus is currently mainly cultivated for energy generation via combustion. recent years, anaerobic digestion has been identified as a promising alternative utilization pathway. Anaerobic produces higher-value intermediate (biogas), which can be upgraded to biomethane, stored in existing natural gas infrastructure and further utilized transport fuel or combined heat power plants. However, upgrading of solid biomass into gaseous leads conversion-related...
Delayed harvest can improve the quality of miscanthus biomass for combustion and enhance long-term sustainability crop, despite accompanying yield losses. The aim this study is to identify optimal harvesting time, which deliver improved novel genotypes at various sites across Europe, without high losses compromising their environmental performance. relevant field trials were established as part European project OPTIMISC with 15 six Europe. For study, five highest yielding from each germplasm...
The development of models to predict yield potential and quality a Miscanthus crop must consider climatic limitations the duration growing season. As biomass crop, are impacted by timing plant developmental transitions such as flowering senescence. Growth available for commercially grown clone x giganteus (Mxg), but breeding programs have been working expand germplasm available, including interspecies hybrids. aim this study was assess performance diverse beyond range environments considered...
In recent years, considerable progress has been made in miscanthus research: improvement of management practices, breeding new genotypes, especially for marginal conditions, and development novel utilisation options. The purpose the current study was a holistic analysis environmental performance such miscanthus-based value chains. addition, relevance analysed impact categories assessed. A Life Cycle Assessment conducted to analyse chains 18 categories. order include substitution reference...
Miscanthus is one of the most promising perennial herbaceous industrial crops worldwide mainly due to its high resource-use efficiency and biomass yield. However, extent miscanthus cultivation across Europe still lagging far behind real potential. Major limiting factors are initial costs low yields in crop establishment period, especially first year. This study explores possibility establishing under maize generate from year onwards. A field trial with mono-cropped two procedures, ‘under...
Miscanthus, which is a leading dedicated-energy grass in Europe and parts of Asia, expected to play key role the development future bioeconomy. However, due its complex genetic background, it difficult investigate phylogenetic relationships this genus. Here, we investigated 50 Miscanthus germplasms: 1 female parent (M. lutarioriparius), 30 candidate male parents lutarioriparius, M. sinensis, sacchariflorus), 19 offspring. We used high-throughput Specific-Locus Amplified Fragment sequencing...
Using contaminated land to grow lignocellulosic crops can deliver biomass and, in the long term, improve soil quality. Biostimulants and microorganisms are nowadays an innovative approach define appropriate phytomanagement strategies promote plant growth metal uptake. This study evaluated biostimulants mycorrhizae application on production phytoextraction potential of four grown under two metal-contaminated soils. Two greenhouse pot trials were setup evaluate annual species (sorghum, hemp)...
The breeding for varieties tolerant of adverse growing conditions is critical sustainable agriculture, especially ramie ( Boehmeria nivea L.). However, a lack information on the tolerance to nutrient-deficient has hindered efforts breed such conditions. main objective this study was explore strategies plants under poor soil using long-term (8–9 years) field trials. Genotypes Duobeiti 1 and Xiangzhu XB were highly contributions seasonal nutrient cycling rhizobacteria ability tolerate tested....