biomass production Articles
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Herb layer productivity under different light gaps in the forests of Western Ghats of Karnataka, India
A productivity estimation of tree, shrub and herb layer biomass was undertaken in Uttara Kannada, a Western Ghats district in Karnataka in differentially managed forests. In addition to biomass, light gap in these sample sites was also estimated to understand the relationship between the light interception pattern at different canopy layers and their productivity. The studies indicate that tree ...
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Project Biopros - Case Study
Production of energy crops – EU funded research project “Solutions for the safe application of wastewater and sludge for high efficient biomass production in Short-Rotation-Plantations” on the utilization of fertilizing effects of sewage waters for the production of short rotation coppice – ...
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Enhanced biomass production of duckweeds by inoculating a plant growth-promoting bacterium, Acinetobacter calcoaceticus P23, in sterile medium and non-sterile environmental waters
Duckweed offers the promise of a co-benefit culture combining water purification with biomass production. Acinetobacter calcoaceticus P23 is a plant growth-promoting bacterium isolated from a duckweed, Lemna aequinoctialis. This study quantified its growth-promoting effect on three duckweeds (L. aoukikusa, L. minor, and Spirodela polyrhiza) in sterile Hoagland solution and evaluated its ...
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Optimization of simultaneous biomass production and nutrient removal by mixotrophic Chlorella sp. using response surface methodology
The bioprospecting of potentially mixotrophic microalgae in a constructed wetland was conducted. A locally isolated microalga, Chlorella sp., was grown to determine the effect of temperature, aeration rate, and cultivation time on simultaneous biomass production and nutrient removal from piggery wastewater using central composite design (CCD). The most important variable for the biomass ...
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Morphology and Genetics of biomass in little bluestem
Little bluestem [Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash] was the most important dominant species of uplands in the tallgrass prairie. Presently, it is a dominant species, most significantly on coarse-textured soils, in the mixed-grass prairie region of the United States and Canada. This wide geographical adaptation to dry soils suggests little bluestem has potential for biomass production in areas ...
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Tips On Locating Biomass Production Equipment For Sale
The conversion of biomass into charcoal and burnable fuel is starting to become a prominent business structure. For people who are harvesting crops, they could consider the remaining material that may be typically burned or thrown away and convert this into this particular fuel. Biomass has great potential, specifically for larger businesses that have acres of material that they could use ...
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International Forest Products Company, Western Canada Mill Location
Biomass Commercialization Application One of the world’s largest integrated forest products companies identified a commercial application for waste biomass produced by one of their mills. A DRY-REX low-temperature during system was designed and implemented at the mill which converts the biomass comprising 40% solids and 60% moisture into the materials that are 90% solids for commercial use, ...
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RSB votes to approve low iLUC risk biomass criteria and compliance indicators
On June 1, 2015, the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) voted to pass the new Low iLUC Risk Biomass Criteria and Compliance Indicators standard. The standard was approved as an optional module for those undergoing RSB certification, and will be used to show that biomass is produced with low indirect land use change (iLUC), resulting in little impact on food production and biodiversity. ...
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Growth analysis of biomass production in sole-crop and double-crop corn systems
Increased biomass productivity could be achieved through double-cropping if extended growth duration could be realized with minimal reductions in growth efficiency relative to sole-cropping. To test this hypothesis, functional growth analysis was used to assess the relative importance of photosynthetic duration and efficiency in determining biomass production by sole-crop corn (Zea mays L.; SC) ...
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Availability of iodide and iodate to spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) in relation to total iodine in soil solution
Abstract A greenhouse pot experiment was carried out to investigate the availability of iodide and iodate to soil-grown spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) in relation to total iodine concentration in soil solution. Four iodine concentrations (0, 0.5, 1, 2 mg kg−1) for iodide (I−) and iodate (IO3−) were used. Results showed that the biomass productions of spinach were not ...
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Induced phytoextraction: effect of amendment on phytoextraction of cadmium by poplar rooted cuttings ( Populus nigra L. and Populus alba L.)
To determine the effect of amendments on cadmium uptake by one-year old poplar rooted cuttings, a pot experiment was carried out. Pots were filled with three substrates mentioned below: 1) loam soil, cocopeat and perlit were mixed in 1:0.5:0.5 (v/v/v) ratio; 2) loam soil and cocopeat were mixed in 1:1 (v/v) ratio (P50%); 3) loam soil. Four treatments of Cd supply including 0 mg kg –1 (no ...
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Preflowering abortion reduces spikelet number in upland Rice (Oryza Sativa L.) under water stress
Spikelet number per panicle is a major target trait for improving rice (Oryza sativa L.) yield in upland fields and is strongly affected by water stress. The rice panicle consists of rachis branches and spikelets, in which preflowering spikelet abortion often occurs. We investigated the effect of timing and intensity of water stress at the early reproductive stage on the morphology of rice ...
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Inbreeding depression for fertility and biomass in advanced generations of inter- and intrasubspecific hybrids of Tetraploid Alfalfa
Hybrids between Medicago sativa subsp. sativa L. (hereafter 'sativa') and M. sativa subsp. falcata (L.) Arcang. (hereafter 'falcata') often express heterosis for yield. Yield generally declines when hybrids are inbred due to the loss of desirable dominant alleles or epistatic combinations. We hypothesized that inbreeding sativa–falcata hybrids may show more extensive yield loss than ...
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Influence of hexazinone on pensacola bahiagrass growth and crude protein content
Bahiagrass (Paspalum notatum Flüggé) is the most widely used introduced forage in Florida, due to its persistence and productivity on low fertility soils. Hexazinone [3-cyclohexyl-6-(dimethylamino)-1-methyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione], the only herbicide labeled for small and giant smutgrass [Sporobolus indicus (L.) R. Br. and S. indicus (L.) R. Br. var. pyramidalis (P. Beauv.) Veldkamp] ...
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Pretreatment of brewery effluent to cultivate Spirulina sp. for nutrients removal and biomass production
Due to the low concentration of nitrate and high contents of organics, brewery effluent was not suitable for the cultivation of Spirulina sp. This work changed the nutrient profile of brewery effluent effectively by dilution, addition of nitrate, and anaerobic digestion. The result showed that the optimum dilution rate and NaNO3 addition for brewery effluent were 20% and 0.5 g/L, ...
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Symbiotic and growth performance of supernodulating forage pea lines
The exploitation of nitrate-tolerant symbiosis (nts) mutants of pulse legumes is limited by the accompanying supernodulation trait, which causes uncontrolled initiation of excessive symbiotic nodules on the root. The resulting disproportion between the photosynthetic capacity and the catabolic activity of nodules leads to growth deprivation, regardless of the desirable enhancement of symbiotic N ...
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Seasonal Dynamics of Periphyton in a Large Tropical Lake
Tropical aquatic systems are generally assumed to have little seasonality in productivity patterns. However, this study indicated that there was substantial seasonal variation in epilithic productivity and biomass in tropical Lake Tanganyika, due primarily to seasonal patterns in lake hydrodynamics that influence nutrient availability. Although they support much of the lake’s biological ...
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Combined yeast and microalgal cultivation in a pilot-scale raceway pond for urban wastewater treatment and potential biodiesel production
A mixed culture of oleaginous yeast Lipomyces starkeyi and wastewater native microalgae (mostly Scenedesmus sp. and Chlorella sp.) was performed to enhance lipid and biomass production from urban wastewaters. A 400 L raceway pond, operating outdoors, was designed and used for biomass cultivation. Microalgae and yeast were inoculated into the cultivation pond with a 2:1 inoculum ratio. Their ...
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Can chemical treatments to displace radioisotopes influence soil fertility? A laboratory trial
Soils contaminated with radionuclide pose a long–term radiation hazard to human health through exposure via the food chain and other pathways. Remediation of contaminated soils has become increasingly important. The feasibility to move radionuclides from superficial soil layers to a deeper level using an acid leaching solution was already illustrated previously. As this chemical treatment may ...
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Impact assessment of pre- and post-sown irrigation with Post Methanation distillery Effluent on soil health and crop yield
Field experiments were conducted to assess the optimum dilution of Post Methanation distillery Effluent (PME) to utilise as an organic nutrient source for growing rice and wheat crops. Dilution levels of distillery effluent significantly affected the biomass production as well as grain yield of rice and wheat crops. Levels of organic carbon and NPK were significantly higher in effluent treated ...
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