Miscanthus as a potential bioenergy crop in East Asia

Present and future options for Miscanthus propagation and establishment

“…This could also reduce the invasiveness potential of miscanthus because few fertile seeds can be derived by miscanthus hybrids due to their poor pollen quality [19,114]. However, in relatively dry conditions, seed sowing is currently still considered unreliable and is not practiced for miscanthus propagation [136][137][138][139] because of low field germination rates and high seedling mortality. The small seeds do not contain much water or carbohydrates for germination and development and the seedlings' short roots limit their ability to absorb water from deep soil, making the risk of low seed germination in the field (o10%) high.…”

Elaboration, characteristics and advantages of biochars for the management of contaminated soils with a specific overview on Miscanthus biochars

“…Miscanthus genus is a non-wood rhizomatous C4 perennial grass (Chung and Kim, 2012;Lewandowski et al, 2000;Villaverde et al, 2010). Miscanthus possesses a number of advantages: i) a high biomass yield potential, ii) high efficiency in water and nutrient use, iii) harvest once a year (late autumn to early spring) with the possibility of delaying harvest, iv) high persistence and v) tolerance to various ecological conditions which allows its establishment and distribution under a wide variety of climatic conditions (Lewandowski et al 2003;Nsanganwimana et al, 2014).…”

“…This plant contains approximately 58% of cellulose, 16% of hemicellulose and 11% of lignin (Karp and Shield, 2008). Miscanthus biomass can be used in agriculture (Chung and Kim, 2012) and in building (Stewart et al, 2009). Miscanthus also presents the energy potential to produce heat, electricity and motive power and presents good combustion qualities (Christian et al, 2008).…”

Methane production potential from Miscanthus sp.: Effect of harvesting time, genotypes and plant fractions

“…Miscanthus is highly persistent and the estimated life time of a plantation is 20e25 years. About 25 species of the genus Miscanthus have been listed by various researchers but three species, namely Miscanthus sinensis, Miscanthus sacchariflorus and Miscanthus  giganteus are mainly used for biomass production (Chung & Kim, 2012). Miscanthus is harvested once a year and shoots start to emerge during spring (April) and accumulate rapidly through summer with the highest yield around September.…”