The Biology and Agronomy of Switchgrass for Biofuels

By D. Parrish, J. Fike. 2005

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Subfields: Agronomy and Crop Science, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials

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Natural Variation for Nutrient Use and Remobilization Efficiencies in Switchgrass (2009, background): “Although N, P, K, and other elements are important nutrients for optimal plant growth and biomass yield [16], N is generally considered the most limiting nutrient for switchgrass growth [6, 20, 25].”
Seasonal nitrogen dynamics of Miscanthus×giganteus and Panicum virgatum (2009, background): “…can respond strongly to N fertilizer by producing more leaf area and more harvestable biomass (Sanderson & Reed, 2000; Ma et al., 2001), but the response is not consistent, particularly in a single harvest system after frost (Parrish & Wolf, 1992; Christian et al., 2001; Parrish & Fike, 2005).”
Switchgrass Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics (2012, background): “Alamo, from central Texas, can be successfully grown throughout the southeastern USA and along the Atlantic Seaboard into southern New England [37].”
A quantitative review comparing the yield of switchgrass in monocultures and mixtures in relation to climate and management factors (2010, background): “Nitrogen removed as a percentage of N applied can range from o50% to 4100% (Parrish & Fike, 2005).”
Miscanthus: A Promising Biomass Crop (2010, neutral): “There, research, supported primarily by the US Department of Energy (DOE), focused on switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) as a model herbaceous species beginning in the 1980s (McLaughlin, 1992; Parrish and Fike, 2005; Sanderson et al., 1996).”
Renewable Fuel Standard: Potential Economic and Environmental Effects of U.S. Biofuel Policy (2012, background): “Because of its adaptation to a large geographic area, soil type and acidity do not appear to affect switchgrass productivity (Parrish and Fike, 2005).”
Microbial extracellular polysaccharide production and aggregate stability controlled by Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) root biomass and soil water potential (2019, background): “In addition, studies show that switchgrass (SG) biomass in the field is often not enhanced by nutrient amendments in marginal soils (Brejda, 2000; Parrish and Fike, 2005; Ruan et al., 2016), which makes its cultivation on such soils more cost-effective.”
Implications of Three Biofuel Crops for Beneficial Arthropods in Agricultural Landscapes (2010, background): “As a dedicated biofuel crop, switchgrass stands are planted as monocultures, and established stands have few weeds [25].”
Nonnative Species and Bioenergy: Are We Cultivating the Next Invader? (2008, background): “This was surprising, because there are no records of switchgrass escaping cultivation in its introduced regions of Europe, Australia, and the Pacific Northwest of the United States (Parrish and Fike 2005), despite the description of several biotypes as “very aggressive” (Fransen et al. 2006).”
Economics and Energy of Ethanol Production from Alfalfa, Corn, and Switchgrass in the Upper Midwest, USA (2008, background): “Switchgrass may also require significant annual N fertilizer to produce high yields [28, 49], which may pose an N leaching risk, but likely less than that for corn.”
The economical and environmental performance of miscanthus and switchgrass production and supply chains in a European setting (2009, background): “Therefore, the US Conservation Reserve Progamme uses perennial grasses to minimize soil erosion [59,60].”