Miscanthus Genetics and Agronomy for Bioenergy Feedstock

Brancourt-Hulmel, M.; Demay, Charlotte; Rosiau, Emeline; Ferchaud, Fabien; Béthencourt, L.; Arnoult, Stéphanie; Dauchy, Camille; Beaudoin, Nicolas; Boizard, Hubert

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“…Aside from SRC tree crops such as willows and eucalypts, bioenergy systems can also utilise perennial grasses such as miscanthus and switchgrass, with some of these systems also demonstrating positive environmental impacts on a landscape scale. Miscanthus employs the C4 metabolic pathway that is typical of tropical grasses, but is in fact most widely grown in Europe, where the hybrid Miscanthus × giganteus is dominant (Brancourt-Hulmel et al, 2014). Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) is another C4 grass that can be grown under a variety of conditions, occurring naturally from Central America to Canada.…”

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“…In terms of ecosystem health, the conversion of annual cropping systems to perennial grass crops has been shown to increase soil infiltration, improve soil structure, sequester carbon and reduce soil erosion . Miscanthus assists with soil stabilisation by producing dense rhizomes that can reach depths of 2.5 metres and make up about a third of total belowground biomass (Brancourt-Hulmel et al, 2014). Switchgrass has been targeted as potential crop for marginal land in the Central Great Plains of the US, where it could not only help to protect soils, but also provide habitat for wildlife and increase landscape heterogeneity .…”

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Bioenergy Crops for Ecosystem Health and Sustainability

Baumber¹

2016

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Preface xi sustainability as it is commonly conceptualised -by expressly considering how energy crops can help to restore and protect degraded and vulnerable landscapes.A special thank you goes out to all those who have assisted me in refining my thinking on bioenergy issues. This includes all those who have reviewed this book and my other published work, my three PhD supervisors, John Merson, Mark Diesendorf and Peter Ampt, and of course the landholders and other participants who have so generously given their time and expertise in support of research projects over a number of years, especially in Condobolin and the NSW Central Tablelands. Lastly, I wish to thank my partner Claire for her amazing support and patience during the writing process, and my sons Simon and Leo for their total lack of patience with the writing process -thus ensuring that I took the essential breaks required to maintain sanity during an endeavour such as this.Species diversity in oil palm plantations is much less than in natural forests, even degraded forests. Forest clearing for oil palm leads to species losses. D. Sheil et al., The Impacts and Opportunities of Oil Palm in Southeast Asia (2009) references

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Bioenergy Crops for Ecosystem Health and Sustainability

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2016

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“…Miscanthus (mostly M. × giganteus ) is widely used as a plant biomass source. The area of its cultivation is constantly increasing (Lewandowski et al ., ; Heaton et al ., ; Meyer & Hong, ; Boersma & Heaton, ; Brancourt‐Hulmel et al ., ) and new processing methods are being developed (Slynko et al ., ). However, most cultivars of miscanthus cannot be efficiently cultivated in cold climate (Farrell et al ., ; Anderson et al ., ).…”

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A quantitative method for determination of PPDK concentration in miscanthus leaves

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In this study, we used ELISA for quantification of PPDK in photosynthesizing leaves of miscanthus. We cloned a fragment of the gene encoding PPDK, purified the resulting protein by affinity chromatography, identified it using MALDI mass spectrometry, and obtained monoclonal antibodies by immunizing BALB/c mice. Selectivity of monoclonal antibodies was assessed by Western blot using the protein extracts of Soranovskii. The presence of PPDK was again verified by MALDI mass spectrometry. Therefore, we developed and tested the method for determining PPDK quantity in miscanthus using ELISA.

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A Review on Miscanthus Biomass Production and Composition for Bioenergy Use: Genotypic and Environmental Variability and Implications for Breeding

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Brancourt‐Hulmel

2014

Bioenerg. Res.

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The lignocellulosic C4 perennial crop miscanthus and, more particularly, one of its species, Miscanthus × giganteus, are especially interesting for bioenergy production because they combine high biomass production with a low environmental impact. However, few varieties are available, which is risky due to disease susceptibility. Gathering worldwide references, this review shows a high genotypic and environmental variability for traits of interest related to miscanthus biomass production and composition, which may be useful in breeding programs for enhancing the availability of suitable clones for bioenergy production. The M. × giganteus species and certain clones in the Miscanthus sinensis species seem particularly interesting due to high biomass production per hectare. Although the industrial requirements for biomass composition have not been fully defined for the different bioenergy conversion processes, the M. × giganteus and Miscanthus sacchariflorus species, which show high lignin contents, appear more suitable for thermochemical conversion processes. In contrast, the M. sinensis species and certain M. × giganteus clones with low lignin contents were interesting for biochemical conversion processes. The M. sacchariflorus species is also interesting as a progenitor for breeding programs, due to its low ash content, which is suitable for the different bioenergy conversion processes. Moreover, mature miscanthus crops harvested in winter seem preferred by industry to enhance efficiency and reduce the expense of the processes. This investigation on miscanthus can be extrapolated to other monocotyledons and perennial crops, which may be proposed as feedstocks in addition to miscanthus.

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Miscanthus Genetics and Agronomy for Bioenergy Feedstock

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References 114 publications

Bioenergy Crops for Ecosystem Health and Sustainability

Bioenergy Crops for Ecosystem Health and Sustainability

A quantitative method for determination of PPDK concentration in miscanthus leaves

A Review on Miscanthus Biomass Production and Composition for Bioenergy Use: Genotypic and Environmental Variability and Implications for Breeding

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