Willows are increasingly used for a wide range of environmental projects, including biomass
production, leachate treatment, riparian buffers and treatment wetlands. Evapotranspiration …

Landfill remains the predominant means of waste disposal throughout the globe. Numerous
landfills exist in developed and underdeveloped countries, engineered with contrasting …

A greenhouse experiment was conducted in order to understand the adaptation responses
to different water and N conditions, and further explore if additional N supply could improve …

Drought stress provokes plants to change their growth pattern and biochemical contents to
overcome adverse situations. Soybean was grown under 40 (drought) and 80%(control) of …

The predicted worldwide increase of arid areas and water stress episodes will strongly affect
crop production. Numerous plants have developed specific morphological and physiological …

Ongoing global warming, coupled with increased drought frequencies, together with other
biotic drivers may have resulted in complex evolutionary adaptation. The resurrection …

Carbon assimilation is reduced by stress. Under such conditions, the trade-off between
growth and non-structural carbohydrate (NSC) storage becomes crucial for plant survival …

Growing biomass on non-agricultural land could potentially deliver renewable energy
services without displacing land from food production, avoiding the social and …

The production of energy by burning biomass (ie. bioenergy), either directly or through
transformation, is one of the most promising alternative sources of sustainable energy …

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 …