Arundo donax L.: a non-food crop for bioenergy and bio-compound production

L Corno, R Pilu, F Adani - Biotechnology advances, 2014 - Elsevier
Arundo donax L., common name giant cane or giant reed, is a plant that grows
spontaneously in different kinds of environments and that it is widespread in temperate and …

Compositional variability of lignin in biomass

A Lourenço, H Pereira - Lignin-trends and applications, 2018 - books.google.com
The objective of this chapter is to provide a concise overview of lignin composition and
structure in different species and materials (wood, barks and nonwood plants). It includes a …

Giant reed as energy crop for Southern Italy: An economic feasibility study

R Testa, M Foderà, AM Di Trapani, S Tudisca… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Among renewable sources giant reed has attracted a growing interest as energy crop
especially in Southern Europe, thanks to its low agronomic input requirements. This paper …

High C3 photosynthetic capacity and high intrinsic water use efficiency underlies the high productivity of the bioenergy grass Arundo donax

RJ Webster, SM Driever, J Kromdijk, J McGrath… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Arundo donax has attracted interest as a potential bioenergy crop due to a high apparent
productivity. It uses C3 photosynthesis yet appears competitive with C4 grass biomass …

Miscanthus, switchgrass, giant reed, and bulbous canary grass as potential bioenergy crops in a semi-arid Mediterranean environment

RI Nazli, V Tansi, HH Öztürk, A Kusvuran - Industrial Crops and Products, 2018 - Elsevier
Perennial grasses have received particular attention as bioenergy crops in recent years due
to their high biomass productivity and environmental benefits. The objective of the present …

Treatment performance and macrophytes growth in a restored hybrid constructed wetland for municipal wastewater treatment

A Barco, M Borin - Ecological Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
This work evaluated depuration performance and macrophyte plants growth in a full-scale
hybrid-constructed wetland (H-CW)(1000 population equivalent) treating municipal …

Waste to watt: Anaerobic digestion of wastewater irrigated biomass for energy and fertiliser production

S Shilpi, D Lamb, N Bolan, B Seshadri… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study aimed to investigate the potential of energy crops for biomethane production by
examining the influence of abattoir and municipal wastewater irrigation on biomass …

RNASeq analysis of giant cane reveals the leaf transcriptome dynamics under long-term salt stress

A Sicilia, G Testa, DF Santoro, SL Cosentino… - BMC Plant …, 2019 - Springer
Background To compensate for the lack of information about the molecular mechanism
involved in Arundo donax L. response to salt stress, we de novo sequenced, assembled and …

[PDF][PDF] Feedstocks for biofuels and bioenergy

SP Long, A Karp, MS Buckeridge… - … : bridging the gaps, 2015 - researchgate.net
Bioenergy and biofuels are recognized globally as crucial elements of the future energy
matrix, without which the reduction in greenhouse gases needed to reduce the acceleration …

Treatment performances of floating wetlands: A decade of studies in North Italy

A Barco, M Borin - Ecological Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Floating treatment wetlands (FTWs) are one of the most recent eco-technologies to treat low-
quality polluted wastewaters in already existing retention ponds, without subtracting other …