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Genotypic Diversity Effects On Biomass Production In Native Perennial Bioenergy Cropping Systems, Geoffrey P. Morris, Zhenbin Hu, Paul P. Grabowski, Justin O. Borevitz, Marie-Anne De Graaff, R. Michael Miller, Julie D. Jastrow
Genotypic Diversity Effects On Biomass Production In Native Perennial Bioenergy Cropping Systems, Geoffrey P. Morris, Zhenbin Hu, Paul P. Grabowski, Justin O. Borevitz, Marie-Anne De Graaff, R. Michael Miller, Julie D. Jastrow
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The perennial grass species that are being developed as biomass feedstock crops harbor extensive genotypic diversity, but the effects of this diversity on biomass production are not well understood. We investigated the effects of genotypic diversity in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) and big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) on perennial biomass cropping systems in two experiments conducted over 2008–2014 at a 5.4-ha fertile field site in northeastern Illinois, USA. We varied levels of switchgrass and big bluestem genotypic diversity using various local and nonlocal cultivars – under low or high species diversity, with or without nitrogen inputs – and …