Composition of Native Warm-Season Grasses for Bioenergy Production in Response to Nitrogen Fertilization Rate and Harvest Date

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作者
Waramit, Naroon [1 ]
Moore, Kenneth J. [1 ]
Heggenstaller, Andrew H. [2 ]
机构
[1] Iowa State Univ, Dept Agron, Ames, IA 50011 USA
[2] Midwest Res Inst, Kansas City, MO 64110 USA
关键词
FORAGE QUALITY; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIG BLUESTEM; CHEMICAL-COMPOSITION; SWITCHGRASS BIOMASS; MANAGEMENT; ETHANOL; BIOFUEL; YIELD; LEAF;
D O I
10.2134/agronj2010.0374
中图分类号
S3 [农学(农艺学)];
学科分类号
0901 ;
摘要
Information about the interaction of harvesting and N fertilization on composition of warm-season grasses grown as biofuel feedstocks is limited. Our objective was to determine composition of warm-season grasses as influenced by N fertilization rates and harvest dates. A field study was conducted near Ames, IA, during 2006 and 2007. The experimental design was a split-split plot arranged in a randomized complete block with four replications. Big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii Vitman), eastern gamagrass (Tripsacum dactyloides L.), indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutrans L. Nash), and switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) were main plots. Three N application rates (0, 65, and 140 kg ha(-1)) were subplots, and 10 harvest dates were sub-subplots. In both years, delaying harvest increased cellulose, lignin, and C concentrations, but decreased ash and N concentrations, however, the magnitude of these effects varied among species. On average, big bluestem had the highest cellulose (430.5 g kg(-1)) and C concentration (450.5 g kg(-1)) while switchgrass had the highest lignin concentration (58.5 g kg(-1)) among four species. Big bluestem had the lowest ash concentration (47.5 g kg(-1)) whereas indiangrass had the lowest N concentration (5.5 g kg(-1)). With increasing rates of N, average N, C, cellulose, and lignin concentrations increased 19 to 29%, 0.6 to 2.2%, 0.7 to 5.7%, and 5.6 to 23.9%, respectively, whereas ash concentration declined 1.8 to 18.4%, varied among species. Our results indicated that in general, warm-season grasses supplied with N fertilizer at 140 kg ha(-1) and harvest delayed until fall have the optimal composition for biomass feedstock production.
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