by Caroline Kennedy | Aug 19, 2026
Houses constructed using straw bales have typically been built from wheat, rice, or barley straw, depending on local availability. Miscanthus is a perennial biomass crop with a high lignocellulose content that is grown on agriculturally marginal land. We describe the...
by Caroline Kennedy | Aug 19, 2026
Land-based bioenergy systems are increasingly promoted for their potential to support climate change mitigation and energy security. Building on previous productivity and efficiency analyses, this study applies the MiscanFor and SalixFor models to evaluate land use...
by Caroline Kennedy | Aug 19, 2026
Short rotation coppice (SRC) willow is a second-generation lignocellulosic energy crop with a background of research and breeding programmes carried out globally for more than three decades. While commercial standards include planting in mixtures of 6–8 willow...
by Caroline Kennedy | Aug 19, 2026
High yielding perennial grasses are utilised as biomass for the bioeconomy and to displace fossil fuels. Miscanthus is a perennial grass used as a source of biomass but most of the cultivated crop is limited to a naturally occurring hybrid M. ×...
by Caroline Kennedy | Aug 19, 2026
Switchgrass is a promising energy crop has the potential to mitigate global warming and energy security, improve local ecology and generate profit. Its quantitative traits, such as biomass productivity and environmental adaptability, are determined by...
