even though some research has shown no negative economic impacts (Daliparthy et al., 1995; Lloveras et al., Perennial forages like alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) or various pe2004). Reasons for avoiding manure applications to alrennial grasses, which are cut several times during the growing season, falfa include increased weed incidence, stand damage could provide an alternative land base and tim...

A rare riverscour community along the Delaware River's New Jersey shoreline that supports numerous state-listed plant species was monitored three times between 1998 and 2020, revealing significant trends in richness abundance. Cover of nonnative invasive increased annually by 3.8% 3.7%, respectively, while 1.1% 1.3%. native stable; however, declined 0.42%. trees shrubs significantly nearly 6% a...

Maturing reed canarygrass, Russian wildrye, and smooth bromegrass cell walls were analyzed for lignin, phenolic acids, and neutral sugars. Linear correlation between in vitro dry matter digestibility and the p-coumaric acid content was .86 . The correlation between in vitro dry matter digestibility and ratio of p-coumaric to ferulic acid was .84 . Samples with high percentages of lignin also co...

Annual canarygrass (Phalaris canariensis L.) is a specialty crop grown in Canada and the harvested grain primarily used to feed wild domesticated bird species. A field experiment was conducted at 5 locations both 2012 2013 study response of annual development yield combined effects fungicide (propiconazole + trifloxystrobin) nitrogen (N) fertilizer determine minimum number site-years required d...

This research investigated the ability of on-farm pretreatments with acid, alkali, ozone or novel enzymes to improve enzymatic degradability of cellulose and hemicelluloses in biomass at the biorefinery. Two perennial grasses, switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) and reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea L.), were direct-cut harvested, pretreated, and stored anaerobically for 30 d. Pretreated and un...