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Article

Content and Uptake of Ash and Selected Nutrients (K, Ca, S) with Biomass of Miscanthus × giganteus Depending on Nitrogen Fertilization

by
Izabela Gołąb-Bogacz
1,
Waldemar Helios
2,
Andrzej Kotecki
2,
Marcin Kozak
2 and
Anna Jama-Rodzeńska
2,*
1
Bugaj Sp. z o.o, Bugaj Zakrzewski 5, 97-512 Kodrąb, Poland
2
Institute of Agroecology and Plant Production, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Pl. Grunwaldzki 24A, 50-363 Wrocław, Poland
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Agriculture 2021, 11(1), 76; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11010076
Submission received: 20 December 2020 / Revised: 12 January 2021 / Accepted: 14 January 2021 / Published: 18 January 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovations and Perspectives of Industrial and Bioenergy Crops for Bioeconomy Development)
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Abstract

Fertilisation has a significant impact not only on the yielding, but also on the quality of the harvested biomass. Among energy crops, Miscanthus × giganteus are some of the most important plants used for combustion process. The chemical composition of biomass has significant impact on the quality of combustion biomass. The effect of nitrogen fertilisation (with dose of 60 kg N ha−1) in different terms of biomass sampling on the content and uptake of crude ash, potassium, calcium and sulphur by rhizomes, stems, leaves and the aboveground part of miscanthus was evaluated in the paper. Nitrogen fertilisation contributed to the increase of ash content in the rhizomes and the aboveground part of plants. Independently of nitrogen fertilisation potassium content decreased in the whole vegetation period; in the case of stems this decrease amounted 60%. Calcium content in various parts of plants was highly differentiated compared to potassium content. Average calcium content in the aboveground parts was 2.68 higher compared to rhizomes. Nitrogen fertilisation affected significantly on potassium, calcium and sulphur uptake in all examined parts of plants (except stems in the case of calcium uptake). Uptake of crude ash under nitrogen fertilisation was significantly higher in all examined parts of plants during the whole vegetation period.
Keywords: aboveground; belowground part of Miscanthus × giganteus; ash; potassium; calcium; sulphur content; uptake aboveground; belowground part of Miscanthus × giganteus; ash; potassium; calcium; sulphur content; uptake

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Gołąb-Bogacz, I.; Helios, W.; Kotecki, A.; Kozak, M.; Jama-Rodzeńska, A. Content and Uptake of Ash and Selected Nutrients (K, Ca, S) with Biomass of Miscanthus × giganteus Depending on Nitrogen Fertilization. Agriculture 2021, 11, 76. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11010076

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Gołąb-Bogacz I, Helios W, Kotecki A, Kozak M, Jama-Rodzeńska A. Content and Uptake of Ash and Selected Nutrients (K, Ca, S) with Biomass of Miscanthus × giganteus Depending on Nitrogen Fertilization. Agriculture. 2021; 11(1):76. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11010076

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Gołąb-Bogacz, Izabela, Waldemar Helios, Andrzej Kotecki, Marcin Kozak, and Anna Jama-Rodzeńska. 2021. "Content and Uptake of Ash and Selected Nutrients (K, Ca, S) with Biomass of Miscanthus × giganteus Depending on Nitrogen Fertilization" Agriculture 11, no. 1: 76. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11010076

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Gołąb-Bogacz, I., Helios, W., Kotecki, A., Kozak, M., & Jama-Rodzeńska, A. (2021). Content and Uptake of Ash and Selected Nutrients (K, Ca, S) with Biomass of Miscanthus × giganteus Depending on Nitrogen Fertilization. Agriculture, 11(1), 76. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11010076

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