Biomass crops grown on marginal soils are expected to fuel an emerging bioenergy industry in the United States. Bioenergy crop choice and position in the landscape could have important impacts on a range of ecosystem services, including natural pest-suppression (biocontrol services) provided by predatory arthropods. In this study we use predation rates of three sentinel crop pests to develop a ...

Developing sustainable management practices including appropriate residue removal and nitrogen (N) fertilization for bioenergy sorghum is critical. However, the effects of residue removal and N fertilization associated with bioenergy sorghum production on soil organic carbon (SOC) are less studied compared to other crops. The objective of our research was to assess the impacts of residue remova...

When it comes to the marketing of the bioenergy brand, one of the catchiest slogans out these days is " 25 by '25 ". Adopted and supported by industries, academia and government agencies alike, this organization simply aims to supply 25 percent of our energy from renewable resources by the year 2025. By focusing its future efforts on wind, solar and biomass resources, the " 25 by 25 " initiativ...

Project AI4B aims to develop a data-driven approach to establish bioenergy networks of biomass feedstock producers and collectors. The project's main target is to remove bottlenecks in the biomass supply pipeline and to develop accountable, economically and environmentally sustainable bioenergy practices.

Michael J. Bowman*, Bruce S. Dien, Patricia J. O’Bryan, Gautam Sarath and Michael A. Cotta USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Bioenergy Research Unit, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604, USA Grain, Forage, and Bioenergy Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 314 Biochemistry Hall, UN‐L Ea...

The emission of isoprene and other biogenic volatile organic compounds from vegetation plays an important role in tropospheric ozone (O3) formation. The potentially large expansion of isoprene emitting species (e.g., poplars) for bioenergy production might, therefore, impact tropospheric O3 formation. Using the eddy covariance technique we have simultaneously measured fluxes isoprene, O3 and of...

China has abundant crop residues (CRE) that could be used for bioenergy. The spatiotemporal characteristics of bioenergy production are crucial for high-efficiency use and appropriate management of bioenergy enterprises. In this study, statistical and remote-sensing data on crop yield in China were used to estimate CRE and to analyze its spatiotemporal changes between 1990 and 2010. In 2010, Ch...

311 ISSN 1759-7269 10.4155/BFS.10.2 © 2010 Future Science Ltd †Author for correspondence Soil and Water Science Department, University of Florida-IFAS, PO Box 110960, Gainesville, FL 32611-0960, USA Tel.: +1 352 392 8699; Fax: +1 352 392 7008; E-mail: [email protected] Critical problems such as anthropogenic climate change, dwindling oil supplies and rural under development have sparked global i...

BACKGROUND Forests store large amounts of carbon in forest biomass, and this carbon can be released to the atmosphere following forest disturbance or management. In the western US, forest fuel reduction treatments designed to reduce the risk of high severity wildfire can change forest carbon balance by removing carbon in the form of biomass, and by altering future potential wildfire behavior in...

In large regions of the world, biomass is a very important source of energy. The global bioenergy market based on forest biomass is growing rapidly. About 92 % of the bioenergy in Sweden comes from forests. Biomass from forests is not homogenous. The locations, transport distances, and transport methods, can differ very much and the industries that need biomass as input prefer raw materials wit...