Biomass Crop Production, Management, and Ecophysiology
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Innovative Cropping Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 October 2020) | Viewed by 44323
Special Issue Editor
Interests: forage; cover crops; bioenergy crops production
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Dear Colleagues,
Biomass crops are increasing in importance and area around the world. There is a consensus that the demand for biomass crops as a source of energy will increase rapidly in an attempt to meet the mandated reduction of fossil fuel use in many countries. Perennial energy crops reduce greenhouse gas emissions, nutrient leaching and runoff, and soil erosion, improving water quality and increasing biodiversity. Numerous species have been evaluated as feedstocks for energy production. Biomass crops include perennial and annual grasses, legumes, and oilseeds, and examples of specific biomass crops include switchgrass, miscanthus, reed canarygrass, forage sorghum, giant reed, rapeseed, camelina, and jatropha, etc., though research into other crops with regard to the production of renewable energy is also of interest to this Special Issue.
This Special Issue will focus on “Biomass Crop Production, Management, and Ecophysiology”. We welcome novel research and reviews covering all related topics in biomass crops, including crop genetics and improvement, production management, soil fertility and microbiology, soil–plant interaction, biodiversity, crop physiology, phytoremediation, integration of biomass crops into food cropping systems, growing biomass crops in marginal land, modeling, lifecycle assessment, economics and marketing, and policy.
Prof. Marisol Berti
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- energy crops
- soil–plant interaction
- crop physiology
- phytoremediation
- water quality
- modeling
- lifecycle assessment
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