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Diallel Analysis Of Biomass And Ethanol Yield In Leaves Versus Stems Of Lowland Switchgrass, Alexandria Christina Desantis
Diallel Analysis Of Biomass And Ethanol Yield In Leaves Versus Stems Of Lowland Switchgrass, Alexandria Christina Desantis
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Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is a warm season perennial grass used widely as a forage crop. This research seeks to address improving biomass yield and predicted ethanol yield through certain traits by the following objectives: (1) differences in average biomass and predicted ethanol yields from leaves versus stems, (2) genetic variance and heritability estimates of biomass and ethanol yield traits (3) general (GCA) and specific combining ability (SCA) among the five parents for biomass and ethanol yield, and (4) correlations between agronomic and morphological traits. Five parents with varying morphological traits were crossed in a diallel design, excluding selfs. …