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Morphological composition and fiber partitioning along regrowth in elephant grass CT115 intended for ethanol production.

ABSTRACT: Leaf share, plant age and growth season are often overlooked as modifiers of the biomass quality in energy crops. The current work studied the effect of the given factors on the biomass yield and the biomass quality in Elephant grass CT115, intended for bioethanol production, in Veracruz, Mexico. Two seasons per year, 5 months each, were tracked on a 2-weeks basis. The climate is warm wet with summer rains, 1,142 mm of annual rainfall, and 26 °C monthly temperature. From day 56 of the wet season or from day 84 of the dry season, stems accumulated 12 or 6 Mg ha^-1, respectively, while green leaves increased only 1 Mg. Higher biomass quality was recorded for the leaf fraction, or for the wet season regrowth. For instance, lignin contained in stems meant twice that of leaves, whereas stems recorded 20% less lignin in the wet season as compared to the dry season. Despite holocellulose being similar between fractions or seasons, hemicellulose and cellulose showed inverse correlation, while lignin and cellulose contents were directly correlated in stems. Increasing the annual harvest of green leaves will improve biomass quality, which is known to increase biodegradability and might improve the annual ethanol yield.

SUBMITTER: Rueda JA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7492190 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Morphological composition and fiber partitioning along regrowth in elephant grass CT115 intended for ethanol production.

Rueda José A JA Guerrero-Rodríguez Juan de Dios JD Ramírez-Ordoñes Sergio S Aguilar-Martínez Cecilio U CU Hernández-Montiel Wilber W Ortega-Jiménez Eusebio E

Scientific reports 20200915 1

Leaf share, plant age and growth season are often overlooked as modifiers of the biomass quality in energy crops. The current work studied the effect of the given factors on the biomass yield and the biomass quality in Elephant grass CT115, intended for bioethanol production, in Veracruz, Mexico. Two seasons per year, 5 months each, were tracked on a 2-weeks basis. The climate is warm wet with summer rains, 1,142 mm of annual rainfall, and 26 °C monthly temperature. From day 56 of the wet season ...[more]

PMID: 32934333

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