Annual/Termination Reports:

[05/02/2018] [04/30/2020]

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Accomplishments

<ul><br /> <li>Large datasets on production best practices have been developed from the northern plains ad southeast US regions</li><br /> <li>The multi-state meetings have enabled data sharing across regions leading to future collaboration</li><br /> <li>New areas have been added to the SE scope, new locations for advanced yield trials etc.</li><br /> <li>Commercial production of carinata is the SE; 2017-18 is the 4^th year of commercial acreage</li><br /> <li>Much focus is on supply chain establishment, infrastructure development in the region to support large scale adoption among producers</li><br /> <li>Risk mitigation for all stakeholders has to be the key focus going forward specifically risk involved in production</li><br /> <li>New improved carinata lines are key to increased cold tolerance for winter production, high yield and early maturity (for winter production)</li><br /> <li>Multi-institution bioenergy CAP funded; this is being leveraged for current and future collaborations</li><br /> </ul>

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<p>Short-term outcomes: Multi-location genotype x environment studies completed its 3rd year. Early maturing, high yielding and high oil content carinata lines were identified to inform further breeding activities. Nitrogen management in carinata for most of the region has been understood. Studies using poultry litter and other organic sources of nitrogen to replace mineral nitrogen are underway. Herbicide tolerance studies of carinata revealed promising chemistries that could be used in carinata weed management. Other disease management studies are underway especially for sclerotinia and alternaria management as wellas for the manageent of insect pests such as diamond back moth. ASTM certification of the ARA CH-BIC process for producing drop-in sustainable aviation fuel from carinata was obtained. Research on value added products from byproducts of carinata fuel production is ongoing. Watershed scale modeling of rotations in the region with and without carinata were compared. Preliminary crop growth models and eonomic models for carinata were developed.</p><br /> <p>Outputs: Several carinata factsheets were developed, peer reviewed publications and extension publications are ready, production manual for carinata updated,quarterly newsletters published</p><br /> <p>Activites: End of growing season feedstock development team meeting held on August 1, 2019 to discuss results from previous season and plan for next season. Field days and workshops held in four locations in 2019. A virtual field day held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 situation.&nbsp;</p><br /> <p>Milestones: Best management practices developed, ASTM certification for fuel development process obtained, logsitics modeling tool optimized&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</p>

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<p>For list of publications and other products visit www.sparc-cap.org&nbsp;</p>

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1. Developing a sustainable, affordable, reliable, available feedstock for renewable fuel and bioproducts to build a resilient bioeconomy

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