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| Web URL(s): | http://turf.rutgers.edu/research/abstracts/symposium2008.pdf
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| Content Type: | Abstract or Summary only |
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| Author(s): | Voigt, Tom |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, Illinois |
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| Title: | Energy from the Heartland - Illinois' role in biofuel crop production |
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| Section: | Plenary presentations
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| Meeting Info.: | New Brunswick, NJ: January 10-11, 2008 |
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| Source: | Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Rutgers TurfgrassSymposium. 2008, p. 13. |
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| Publishing Information: | New Brunswick, NJ: Center for Turfgrass Science, Cook College, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Biofuels; Alternative fuels; Panicum virgatum; Miscanthus; Miscanthus giganteus
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| Abstract/Contents: | "While traditional energy sources in Illinois include fossil fuels and nuclear power, there is much interest in other energy sources such as wind, corn-based ethanol, and soybean-based biodiesel. In the future, local energy may come from perennial grasses that can be burned to produce heat and electricity or treated with enzymes to produce sugars that can then be used to produce cellulosic ethanol. Plants used in these ways may be termed biofuel crops, biomass crops, bioenergy crops, or feedstock. Nationally, switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) has received a great deal of attention and will probably be used as a primary biofuel crop in many portions of the country east of the Rocky Mountains, particularly in the southeastern and Great Plains regions of the U.S. University of Illinois researchers, however, are studying another biomass grass, Giant Miscanthus (Miscanthus x giganteus), a perennial warm-season (C4) grass native to Asia. Giant Miscanthus has been widely studied and grown in Europe where its senescent stems are harvested and burned to produce heat and electricity. Viogt's presentation will generally explore the potential for biomass production in the U.S. and the University of Illinois' biofuel research focusing on Giant Miscanthus." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Voigt, T. 2008. Energy from the Heartland - Illinois' role in biofuel crop production. Proc. Annu. Rutgers Turfgrass Symp. p. 13. |
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