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| DOI: | 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2000.00764.x |
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| Author(s): | Clifton-Brown, J. C.;
Lewandowski, I. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Clifton-Brown: Universität Hohenheim, Institut für Pflanzenbau und Grünland (340), Fruwirthstrasse 23, Stuttgart, Germany; and Botany Department, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland, and Lewandowski: Universität Hohenheim, Institut für Pflanzenbau und Grünland (340), Fruwirthstrasse 23, Stuttgart, Germany |
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| Title: | Overwintering problems of newly established Miscanthus plantations can be overcome by identifying genotypes with improved rhizome cold tolerance |
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| Section: | Research
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| Source: | New Phytologist. Vol. 148, No. 2, November 2000, p. 287-294. |
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| Publishing Information: | Oxford, England: Cambridge University Press. |
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| # of Pages: | 8 |
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| Related Web URL: | http://www.jstor.org/stable/info/2588728
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Miscanthus; Genotypes; Rhizomes; Cold resistance; Winter; Miscanthus sinensis; Total nonstructural carbohydrate content; Leaf osmotic potential; Chemical composition; Moisture; Senescence; Freezing; Temperatures; Frost; Sugars; Starches; Nitrogen; Potassium; Calcium; Hybrids; Color; Seasonal variation; Establishment; Physiological responses
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Miscanthus, a perennial rhizomatous C₄ grass, is a potential biomass crop in Europe, mainly because of its high yield potential and low demand for inputs. However, until recently only a single clone, M. x giganteus, was available for the extensive field trials performed across Europe and this showed poor overwintering in the first year after planting at some locations in Northern Europe. Therefore, field trials with five Miscanthus genotypes, including two acquisitions of Miscanthus x giganteus, one of M. sacchariflorus and two hybrids of M. sinensis were planted in early summer 1997 at four sites, in Sweden, Denmark, England and Germany. The field trials showed that better overwintering of newly established plants at a site was not apparently connected with the size or early senescence. An artificial freezing test with rhizomes removed from the field in January 1998 showed that the lethal temperature at which 50% were killed (LT₅₀) for M. x giganteus and M. sacchariflorus genotypes was -3.4°C. However, LT₅₀ in one of the M. sinensis hybrid genotypes tested was -6.5°C and this genotype had the highest survival rates in the field in Sweden and Denmark. Although the carbohydrate content of rhizomes, osmotic potential of cell sap and mineral composition were not found to explain differences in frost tolerance adequately, moisture contents correlated with frost hardiness (LT₅₀) in most cases. The results obtained form a basis for identifying suitable Miscanthus genotypes for biomass production in the differing climatic regions of Europe." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 27 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Clifton-Brown, J. C., and I. Lewandowski. 2000. Overwintering problems of newly established Miscanthus plantations can be overcome by identifying genotypes with improved rhizome cold tolerance. New Phytol. 148(2):p. 287-294. |
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| DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2000.00764.x |
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