WERA1016: Adaptation, Quality and Management of Sustainable Cellulosic Biofuel Crops in the West

(Multistate Research Coordinating Committee and Information Exchange Group)

Status: Inactive/Terminating

SAES-422 Reports

01/23/2014

Larson, Steven R., Kevin B. Jensen, Joseph G. Robins, and Blair L. Waldron. 2014. Genes and Quantitative Trait Loci Controlling Biomass Yield and Forage Quality Traits in Perennial Wildrye. Crop Sci. 54:116 (2014). doi: 10.2135/cropsci2013.04.0261

Gao, J., K. D. Thelen, and X. Hao. 2013. Life cycle analysis of corn harvest strategies for bioethanol production. Agron J. 105:705-712. doi:10.2134/agronj2012.0420.

Smith, S.L., K.D. Thelen, and S.J. MacDonald. 2013. Yield and quality analyses of bioenergy crops grown on a regulatory brownfield. Biomass and BioEnergy. 49:123-130.

Zegada-Lizarazu, W., D. Parrish, M.T. Berti, and A. Monti. 2013. Dedicated crops for advanced biofuels: consistent and diverging agronomic points of view between the USA and the EU-27, Biofuels, Bioproducts, and Biorefining online DOI:10.1002/bbb.1430.

Heaton, E. L.A. Schulte, M.T. Berti, H. Langeveld, W. Zegada-Lizarazu, D. Parrish, and A. Monti. 2013. Managing a second-generation crop portfolio through sustainable intensification: Examples from the USA and EU. Biofuels, Bioproducts, and Biorefining. online DOI:10.1002/bbb.1429

Anfinrud, R., L. Cihacek, B.L. Johnson, Y. Ji, and M.T. Berti. 2013. Sorghum and kenaf biomass yield and quality response to nitrogen fertilization in the northern Great Plains of the USA. Ind. Crops Prod. 50:159-165.

Kamireddy, S.R., J. Li, S. Abbina, M.T. Berti, M. Tucker, and Y. Ji. 2013. Converting forage sorghum and sunnhemp into biofuels through dilute acid pretreatment. Ind. Crops Prod. 49:598-69.
Berti, M.T., S.R. Kamireddy, and Y. Ji. 2013. Row spacing affects biomass yield and composition of kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) as a lignocellulosic feedstock for bioenergy. J. Sustainable Bioenergy Systems 3: 68-73.

Kamireddy, S.R., J. Degenstein, Y. Ji, and M.T. Berti. 2013. Pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis of kenaf as a potential source for lignocellulosic biofuel and green chemicals. Current Organic Chemistry 17(15):1624-1632.

Berti, M.T., and B.L. Johnson. 2013. Switchgrass establishment as affected by seeding depth and soil type. Ind. Crops Prod. 41:289-293.

Monono, E.M., P.E. Nyren, M.T. Berti, and S.W. Pryor. 2013. Variability in biomass yield, chemical composition, and ethanol potential of individual and mixed herbaceous biomass species grown in North Dakota. Ind. Crops Prod. 41:331-339.

Watrud, L.S., J.R. Reichman, M.A. Smith, E.H. Lee, J.D. Jastrow, M.D. Casler, H.P. Collins, S.C. Fransen, R.B. Mitchell, V.N. Owens, B.Bean, W.L. Rooney, and G.A. King. 2012. Chemistry and microbial functional diversity differences in biofuel crop and grassland soils in multiple geographies. BioEnergy Res. DOI 10.1007/s12155-012-9279-y


Proceedings publications

Berti, M.T., B.L. Johnson, R.W. Gesch, D. Samarappuli, Y. Ji, W. Seames, and S.R. Kamireddy. 2013. Forage sorghum: an excellent feedstock for second generation biofuels in the North Central Region of the USA. p. 160-165. In 21st European Biomass Conference and Exhibition. 2-6 June, 2013, Copenhagen, Denmark, Available at http://www.etaflorence.it/proceedings/index.asp (verified 10 June 2013).

Gesch, R.W., Berti, M.T., B.L. Johnson, A. Aponte, Y. Ji, W. Seames, and D. Archer. 2013 Double- and relay-cropping oilseed and biomass crops for sustainable energy production. p. 372-377 In 21st European Biomass Conference and Exhibition. 2-6 June, 2013, Copenhagen, Denmark, Available at http://www.etaflorence.it/proceedings/index.asp (verified 10 June 2013).

08/03/2011

None to report.

11/26/2012

Berti, M.T., and B.L. Johnson. 2013. Switchgrass establishment as affected by seeding depth and soil type. Ind. Crops Prod. 41:289-293.

Monono, E.M., P.E. Nyren, M.T. Berti, and S.W. Pryor. 2013. Variability in biomass yield, chemical composition, and ethanol potential of individual and mixed herbaceous biomass species grown in North Dakota. Ind. Crops Prod. 41:331-339.

Berti, M.T., D. Samarappuli, R. Nudell, B.L. Johnson. 2012. Cropping systems for biomass feedstock production in the North Central Region, USA. p. 474-479 In 20th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition. 18-22 June, 2012, Milan, Italy. Available at http://www.etaflorence.it/proceedings/index.asp (verified 10 August 2012).

Berti, M.T., R. Nudell, R. Anfinrud, D. Samarappuli, and B. Johnson. 2011. Forage resources as feedstocks for the biofuel industry in North Dakota. p. 183-190 In 19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition. 6-10 June, 2011, Berlin, Germany. Available at http://www.conference-biomass.com/Conference-Proceedings.961.0.html(verified 10 August 2012).

Hao, X., K.D. Thelen, and J. Gao. 2012. Prediction of the ethanol yield of dry-grind maize grain using near infrared spectroscopy. Biosystems Engineering. 112:161-170.

12/26/2014

Larson, Steven R., Kevin B. Jensen, Joseph G. Robins, and Blair L. Waldron. 2014. Genes and Quantitative Trait Loci Controlling Biomass Yield and Forage Quality Traits in Perennial Wildrye. Crop Sci. 54:1–16 (2014). doi: 10.2135/cropsci2013.04.0261

Kelkar, S., Z. Li, J. Bovee, K.D. Thelen, R. Kriegel, and C.M. Saffron. 2014. Pyrolysis of North-American grass species: effect of feedstock composition and taxonomy on pyrolysis products. Biomass and Bionergy 64:152-161.

Hedtcke, J.L., G.R. Sanford, K.E. Hadley, and K.D. Thelen. 2014. Maximizing land use during switchgrass establishment in the North Central United States. Agron J. 106:596-604.

Ganjegunte, G.K., Z. Sheng, and J.A. Clark. 2014. Soil Salinity and Sodicity Appraisal by Electromagnetic Induction in Irrigated Cotton Soils. Land Degradation & Development. 25:228-235.
Sun, Y., G. Niu, P. Osuna, L. Zhao, G. K. Ganjegunte, G. Peterson, J.R. Peralta-Videa, and J. L. Gardea-Torresdey. 2014. Variability in Salt Tolerance of Sorghum bicolor L. Agricultural Science. 2:9-21


Proceedings publications

Wang, S., P. Tumbalam, and K.D. Thelen. 2014. Integrating cover crops into annual cropping systems to increase total ethanol yield and environmental sustainability. Amer. Soc. of Agron. Abstracts, CD.

Thelen, K.D., K.E. Hadley, G. Sanford, R. Jackson, and G.P. Robertson. 2014. An analysis of bioenergy cropping systems in the Great Lakes Region. Amer. Soc. of Agron. Abstracts, CD.

Sanford, G., G. Oates, K. D. Thelen, J. Simmons, G. P. Robertson, and. R. Jackson. 2014. Establishing perennial biomass crops difficult but persistence-­?phase yields compare favorably with corn. GLBRC All Scientists Meeting. May 20-22, 2014.

Tumbalam, P., and K. D. Thelen. 2014. Corn stover ethanol yield as affected by grain yield, Bt trait, and Environment. GLBRC All Scientists Meeting. May 20-22, 2014.

Tanner, S., S.M. Swinton, T. Skevas, G. Sanford, and K.D. Thelen. 2014. How does production risk influence farmer decisions to adopt perennial bioenergy crops. GLBRC All Scientists Meeting. May 20-22, 2014

Ganjegunte, G.K., G. Niu, A.L. Ulery, Y. Wu, and C. Wang 2014. Developing Alternative Water Sources for Bioenergy Crop Production on Marginal Lands. Proceedings of ASA, CSSA and SSSA International Meetings “Grand Challenges Grand Solutions”, 1 page [on Web], November 2-5, 2014, Long Beach, CA. Abstract.
Ganjegunte, G.K., and J.A. Clark. 2014. Improved Irrigation Scheduling for Freshwater Conservation in Pecan Fields of EL Paso, TX. Proceedings of ASA, CSSA and SSSA International Meetings “Grand Challenges Grand Solutions”, 1 page [on Web], November 2-5, 2014, Long Beach, CA. Abstract.

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