Title:
Effect of Propagation Techniques on Crop Establishment of Giant Reed (Arundo Donax L.)
Author(s):
Di Candilo, M., Ceotto, E.
Document(s):
Paper
Abstract:
Giant reed is a perennial rhizomatous grass characterized by outstanding biomass productivity. The major limitation for the diffusion of this species lies on in its floral sterility, that implies vegetative propagation. Until now, rhizome propagation has been the predominantly applied, although it is labour and monetarily demanding, and also requires a large amount of mother plants. Therefore, alternative propagation techniques are strongly needed for fostering the diffusion of the crop at farm level. The scope of the present study was to assess the effect of diverse vegetative propagation techniques on crop establishment. Our findings indicate that both stem cutting propagation and micro-propagated plants are viable alternative to rhizome propagation of giant reed. However, two problem still remains: these propagation techniques requires both human labour and availability of abundant irrigation water. Emphasis is given here on a promising option of shoot cutting propagation in furrows.
Keywords:
cultivation, perennial energy crops, strategies, strategy
Topic:
Biomass resources
Subtopic:
Research on energy crops (session 2)
Event:
18th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
OE4.1
Pages:
255 - 258
ISBN-13:
978-88-89407-56-1
ISBN-10:
88-89407-56-5
Paper DOI:
10.5071/18thEUBCE2010-OE4.1
Price:
FREE
