COWPEA HARVEST SCENARIOS AND EDIBLE BIOMASS PRODUCTION UNDER CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS

Ontogenetic asymmetry modulates population biomass production and response to harvest

Patterns in biomass production are determined by resource input (productivity) and trophic transfer efficiency. At fixed resource input, variation in consumer biomass production has been related to food quality, metabolic type and diversity among species. In contrast, intraspecific variation in individual body size because of ontogenetic development, which characterizes the overwhelming majorit...

Genetic Architecture of Delayed Senescence, Biomass, and Grain Yield under Drought Stress in Cowpea

The stay-green phenomenon is a key plant trait with wide usage in managing crop production under limited water conditions. This trait enhances delayed senescence, biomass, and grain yield under drought stress. In this study we sought to identify QTLs in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) consistent across experiments conducted in Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Senegal, and the United States of America under li...

Harvest Systems and Analysis for Herbaceous Biomass

Leucaena species valoration for biomass and paper production in 1 and 2 year harvest.

In order to identify faster-growing non-woody species usable for biomass and paper production, four Leucaena species (L.diversifolia, L. colinsii, L. salvadorensis and three varieties of L. leucocephala) were tested. All the Leucaena species showed a good soil and climatic adaptation to Spain Southwest except for L. salvadorensis. Studied Leucaena species showed biomass productivity ranges from...

Mapping environments at risk under different global climate change scenarios

Earl Saxon,* Barry Baker, William Hargrove, Forrest Hoffman and Chris Zganjar TNC-CI Joint Initiative on Climate Change & Conservation, 1919 M St. NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036, USA TNC-CI Joint Initiative on Climate Change & Conservation, 2424 Spruce St., Suite 100, Boulder, CO 80302, USA Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, PO Box 2008, M. S. 6407, Oak Ridge, ...