Biomass Production of Selected Energy Plants: Economic Analysis and Logistic Strategies

Pszczółkowska, Agata; Romanowska-Duda, Zdzisława; Pszczółkowski, Wiktor; Grzesik, M.; Wysokińska, Zofia

doi:10.2478/v10103-012-0018-6

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“…Unlike alfalfa, Virginia fanpetals can be successfully grown on sandy or rocky soils which are poor in organic matter and nutrients, where the crop simultaneously minimizes soil erosion and improves the structure and fertility of the soil [ 11 ]. Virginia fanpetals is highly tolerant to low temperatures (to −35 °C), drought and lodging [ 12 , 13 ], while not being sensitive to soil pH [ 14 ]. The highest yields of biomass are harvested at the budding phase, when the plant contains 15–22% DM and 17–25% of CP [ 13 ].…”

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Effects of Dietary Substitution of Alfalfa Silage with Virginia Fanpetals Silage in Lactating Polish Holstein Friesian Dairy Cows

Purwin

Nogalski

Starczewski

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of partial or complete substitution of alfalfa silage with Virginia fanpetals silage in rations based on maize silage on feed intake, digestibility, ruminal fermentation and milk yield and physicochemical characteristics. Nine Polish Holstein Friesian cows in the second half of lactation were fed three experimental diets in a replicated 3 × 3 Latin square design as follows: maize silage + alfalfa silage, maize silage + alfalfa silage and Virginia fanpetals silage in a 50:50 ratio, maize silage + Virginia fanpetals silage. Complete substitution caused an increase in dry matter intake (DMI), total volatile fatty acids (VFA), acetic acid to propionic acid (A/P) ratio, N-NH3 in the rumen contents and milk urea and a decrease in the feed conversion ratio. The partial and complete substitution changed the profile of milk fatty acids, resulting in a slight increase in saturated fatty acids (SFA) and a decrease in unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) as well as in all functional fatty acids except vaccenic acid. The most promising production effects were achieved through partial substitution of alfalfa silage with the Virginia fanpetals silage.

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Effects of Dietary Substitution of Alfalfa Silage with Virginia Fanpetals Silage in Lactating Polish Holstein Friesian Dairy Cows

Purwin

Nogalski

Starczewski

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“…Depending on field density and the method of establishing the plantation, soil and weather conditions, fertilization level, and average yields of Sida, just from the second year of cultivation, can reach 8-18 Mg (m 2 ) -1 of dry matter [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. The level of obtained yields determines the economic and environmental efficiency cultivation and use of Virginia mallow biomass [11][12][13].…”

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Influence of Soil Quality for Yield and Biometric Features of Sida hermaphrodita L. Rusby

Matyka¹,

Kuś²

2018

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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Although the domain role of agriculture is food production, a part of agricultural land has always been devoted to non-food products, mainly within the framework of emerging technologies. One of the plants that can be used for various non-food purposes is Virginia mallow (Sida hermaphrodita L. Rusby). Following this study it was found that Sida hermaphrodita yields less on poor soil and on soils of good quality, but is too heavy. This plant has best yields on good soils with proper water-air relations. Nevertheless, good yields were also obtained on poorer and medium-quality soils. This is particularly important from the standpoint of competition for land resources between production for food and non-food products. Achieving yield at 1-2 kg DM (m 2)-1 is possible in the case of plants that grow from 16 to 24 shoots for stumps with a diameter of 11-13 mm and a height of 2.2-2.6 m.

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“…Compared with plants of the first generation, annual bearing fruits of the caryopsis type, they produce more energy at significantly less input and have a more favorable greenhouse gases (GHG) emission balance (Sanderson and Adler 2008). Among the currently plants grown for energy biomass, the Virginia mallow, willow, miscanthus, and switchgrass have a good chance of development, assuming that their profitability will be higher than in the case of plants grown for consumption (Pszczółkowska et al 2012).…”

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“…Unfertilizable and degenerating ovules with normally formed embryo sacs are common among Malvaceae species, e.g. in Malvaviscus arboreus Cav., Kydia calycina, and Thespesia populnea (Pszczółkowska et al 2012).…”

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Relation between the germination and infection ratio on Sida hermaphrodita L. Rusby seeds under hot water treatment

Kurucz

Szarvas

Fári

2013

Int. j. hortic. sci.

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Sida hermephrodita or virginia mallow is a perspective perennial herb in the Malvaceae family able to yield a biomass crop through between ten and twenty years. Additionally, the plants have a lot of uses and benefits for instance it can use it as a fodder crop, honey crop, ornamental plant in public gardens. It has favorable features like fast growing and resistance against the disease and climatic fluctuations, etc. Sida is in base stage of domestication therefore has a serious disadvantage the low and slow germination as a big part of wild plants. Due to the expressly low germination percent the need of seed showing of driller is should tenfold, 200 thousand seed/acre instead of 10-20 thousand what is not available and expensive Therefore practical purposes of our research of seed physiology was to increase the seed germination percent in a disposable ,basically wild Sida population. We examined two factors relating to seed germination percent and seed germination power during our research: the influence of hot water treatment and the effect of exogenus or endogenus infection of seed. However, in our germination tests, utilizing scarified seeds with hot water (65, 80 and 95 oC), 29,33 to 46% germinated of the seeds collected from the population of S. hermaphrodita in Debrecen. The average germination for all season was 5-10 % wihitout treatment and rised using hot water up to almost 50%. When physically scarified used, the oldest seeds showed the best germination (46 %) after the hot water operation in spite of the previus studys (Spooner 1985; Chudik et al. 2010; Doliński R. 2009.). We discovered that there are a distinguished close relationship between the seeds collecting time and the infection, as well as germination percentage. Thus, 2009 season was the most favourable in case of contamination (control:17,33 and 80 oC treatment:0%) as well as germination percent. It could be concluded that, the best season for our findings was 2009 due to autumn harvest of Sida seeds. In our oppinion, the autumn harvesting should be the best time to overcome the problem of the low germination and high infection percentage.

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Biomass Production of Selected Energy Plants: Economic Analysis and Logistic Strategies

Cited by 13 publications

References 36 publications

Effects of Dietary Substitution of Alfalfa Silage with Virginia Fanpetals Silage in Lactating Polish Holstein Friesian Dairy Cows

Effects of Dietary Substitution of Alfalfa Silage with Virginia Fanpetals Silage in Lactating Polish Holstein Friesian Dairy Cows

Influence of Soil Quality for Yield and Biometric Features of Sida hermaphrodita L. Rusby

Relation between the germination and infection ratio on Sida hermaphrodita L. Rusby seeds under hot water treatment

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