Optimising the Environmental Sustainability of Short Rotation Coppice Biomass Production for Energy

Investigation of tension wood formation and 2,6-dichlorbenzonitrile application in short rotation coppice willow composition and enzymatic saccharification

BACKGROUND Short rotation coppice willow is a potential lignocellulosic feedstock in the United Kingdom and elsewhere; however, research on optimising willow specifically for bioethanol production has started developing only recently. We have used the feedstock Salix viminalis × Salix schwerinii cultivar 'Olof' in a three-month pot experiment with the aim of modifying cell wall composition and ...

Modelling short‐rotation coppice and tree planting for urban carbon management – a citywide analysis

The capacity of urban areas to deliver provisioning ecosystem services is commonly overlooked and underutilized. Urban populations have globally increased fivefold since 1950, and they disproportionately consume ecosystem services and contribute to carbon emissions, highlighting the need to increase urban sustainability and reduce environmental impacts of urban dwellers. Here, we investigated t...

Short-Rotation Coppice of Willows for the Production of Biomass in Eastern Canada

Can we use short rotation coppice poplar for sugar based biorefinery feedstock? Bioconversion of 2-year-old poplar grown as short rotation coppice

BACKGROUND Feedstock cost is a substantial barrier to the commercialization of lignocellulosic biorefineries. Poplar grown using a short rotation coppice (SRC) system has the potential to provide a low-cost feedstock and economically viable sugar yields for fuels and chemicals production. In the coppice management regime, poplars are harvested after 2 years' growth to develop the root system an...

Evaluation of Indirect Measurement Method of Seasonal Patterns of Leaf Area Index in a High-density Short Rotation Coppice Culture of Poplar

TRIPATHI ABHISHEK M., FISCHER MILAN, ORSÁG MATĚJ, MAREK MICHAL V., ŽALUD ZDENĚK, TRNKA MIREK. 2016. Evaluation of Indirect Measurement Method of Seasonal Patterns of Leaf Area Index in a High-Density Short Rotation Coppice Culture of Poplar. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 64(2): 549–556. Leaf area index (LAI) is an important determinant of biomass produc...