Physiological Responses of C4 Perennial Bioenergy Grasses to Climate Change: Causes, Consequences, and Constraints

RW Heckman, CG Pereira, MJ Aspinwall… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
C4 perennial bioenergy grasses are an economically and ecologically important group
whose responses to climate change will be important to the future bioeconomy. These …

The switchgrass microbiome: a review of structure, function, and taxonomic distribution

R Hestrin, MR Lee, BK Whitaker… - Phytobiomes …, 2021 - Am Phytopath Society
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) has been championed as a promising bioenergy crop
due to its high productivity across a wide environmental range. The switchgrass microbiome …

Adaptations between Ecotypes and along Environmental Gradients in Panicum virgatum

DB Lowry, KD Behrman, P Grabowski… - The American …, 2014 - journals.uchicago.edu
Determining the patterns and mechanisms of natural selection in the wild is of fundamental
importance to understanding the differentiation of populations and the evolution of new …

Increasing the germination envelope under water stress improves seedling emergence in two dominant grass species across different pulse rainfall events

W Lewandrowski, TE Erickson… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Demographic recruitment processes, such as seed germination and seedling emergence,
are critical transitional phases to the re‐establishment of degraded plant populations, but …

Integrating transcriptional, metabolomic, and physiological responses to drought stress and recovery in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.)

E Meyer, MJ Aspinwall, DB Lowry, JD Palacio-Mejía… - BMC genomics, 2014 - Springer
Background In light of the changes in precipitation and soil water availability expected with
climate change, understanding the mechanisms underlying plant responses to water deficit …

Photosynthetic responses of switchgrass to light and CO2 under different precipitation treatments

C Kieffer, N Kaur, J Li, R Matamala, PA Fay… - GCB …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is a prominent bioenergy crop with robust resilience to
environmental stresses. However, our knowledge regarding how precipitation changes …

Genotypic variation in traits linked to climate and aboveground productivity in a widespread C4 grass: evidence for a functional trait syndrome

MJ Aspinwall, DB Lowry, SH Taylor… - New …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Examining intraspecific variation in growth and function in relation to climate may provide
insight into physiological evolution and adaptation, and is important for predicting species …

Effects of precipitation changes on switchgrass photosynthesis, growth, and biomass: A mesocosm experiment

D Hui, CL Yu, Q Deng, EK Dzantor, S Zhou, S Dennis… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Climate changes, including chronic changes in precipitation amounts, will influence plant
physiology and growth. However, such precipitation effects on switchgrass, a major …

Effects of precipitation changes on aboveground net primary production and soil respiration in a switchgrass field

Q Deng, S Aras, CL Yu, EK Dzantor, PA Fay… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2017 - Elsevier
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) is widely selected as a model feedstock for sustainable
replacement of fossil fuels and climate change mitigation. However, how climate changes …

Biomass yield, nitrogen response, and nutrient uptake of perennial bioenergy grasses in North Carolina

IE Palmer, RJ Gehl, TG Ranney, D Touchell… - Biomass and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Although perennial grasses show considerable potential as candidates for lignocellulosic
bioenergy production, these crops exhibit considerable variation in regional adaptability and …