There is increasing urgency to develop and deploy sustainable sources of energy to reduce
our global dependency on finite, high-carbon fossil fuels. Lignocellulosic feedstocks, used in …

Over two million hectares of marginal land in the Northeast USA no longer used for
agriculture may be suitable and available for production of second-generation cellulosic …

The use of willow plantations can be a sustainable approach for treating primary municipal
wastewater, potentially reducing both the environmental and economic burdens associated …

Shrub willow has great potential as a dedicated bioenergy crop, but commercialization and
adoption by growers and end-users will depend upon the identification and selection of high …

To estimate fossil fuel demand and greenhouse gas emissions associated with short-
rotation willow (Salix spp.) crops in New York State, we constructed a life cycle assessment …

Short‐rotation coppice systems like shrub willow are projected to be an important source of
biomass in the United States for the production of bioenergy, biofuels, and renewable bio …

Short-rotation woody crops are an integral component of regional and national energy
portfolios, as well as providing essential ecosystem services such as biomass supplies …

Process and empirical‐based models that describe lignocellulosic biomass yield of the
perennial energy grass M iscanthus (MiscanFor©), short rotation coppice (SRC) trees and …

Shrub willow biomass crops (SWBC) have been developed as a biomass feedstock for
bioenergy, biofuels, and bioproducts in the northeastern and midwestern USA as well as in …

Polyploidy is a common observation in the genus Salix, including some of the shrub willow
species currently being bred as a potential bioenergy feedstock. Breeding of shrub willow …