Title:
Biomass Production of Fast Growing Species SRC in a Marginal Soil (Italy)
Author(s):
Bergante, S., Nervo, G., Facciotto, G.
Document(s):
Paper
Poster
Abstract:
Many people are looking to grow SRC in marginal land to avoid competition with food/feed crops. But in the Mediterranean countries water availability is a limiting factor, particularly for poplars and willows, species currently employed in commercial short rotation coppice (SRC) plantations. With the aim to promote alternative SRC for marginal land in our Country, provenances of Siberian Elm, Black Locust and White Poplar are compared with 6 clones of Mulberry in a field not suitable for food crops, at Casale Monferrato (Italy). The trial was established in Spring 2009 with a planting density of 3,333 seedlings per hectare. Among the species, the difference in mean yield are statistically significant only in the first rotation. Black Locust had the highest mean yield reaching 6.5 Oven dry tons per hectare per year (Odt ha-1 yr-1) in the first rotation and 10.8 in the second. The difference among the Mulberry clones are significant in both rotations. The best clone reach 7.5 and 14 Odt ha-1 yr-1 respectively in the first and second rotation The fast-growing species tested in this trial show large potential as energy crops in marginal lands and could contribute to a long term gradual sustainable replacement of fossil fuels.
Keywords:
biomass, cultivation, short rotation coppice (SRC), yield
Topic:
Biomass Resources
Subtopic:
Short rotation forestry and short rotation coppice
Event:
22nd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
1CV.4.43
Pages:
329 - 331
ISBN:
978-88-89407-52-3
Paper DOI:
10.5071/22ndEUBCE2014-1CV.4.43
Price:
FREE
