Energy crops are low-cost and low-maintenance crops grown solely for renewable bioenergy production (not for food). The crops are processed into solid...
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practices Cover crop Crop destruction Crop residue Crop rotation Crop weed Kharif crops (crops specific to South Asia) Nurse crop Rabi crops (crops specific...
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Cash crops Cellulosic biofuel Energy crop Food vs fuel Helix of sustainability Intensive crop farming National Non-Food Crops Centre Renewable Energy "Industrial...
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Silphium perfoliatum (section Use as energy crop)
is considered a potential energy crop plant, especially because it has low demands on the climate, the soil and previous crop and produces high amounts...
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bagasse, straw etc.) and forestry (saw mill and paper mill discards). Energy crops are crops with a high yield of lignocellulosic biomass produced as a raw material...
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A cash crop, also called profit crop, is an agricultural crop which is grown to sell for profit. It is typically purchased by parties separate from a farm...
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Bioenergy (redirect from Biomass energy)
of biomass commonly used for bioenergy include wood, food crops such as corn, energy crops and waste from forests, yards, or farms. Bioenergy can help...
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used for bioenergy production. Examples include wood, wood residues, energy crops, agricultural residues including straw, and organic waste from industry...
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Common sunflower (category Energy crops)
Calderini, Daniel F. (eds.), "Chapter 16 - Sunflower", Crop Physiology Case Histories for Major Crops, Academic Press, pp. 482–517, doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-819194-1...
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Sugarcane (category Energy crops)
Sugarcane crop is able to efficiently fix solar energy, yielding some 55 tonnes of dry matter per hectare of land annually. After harvest, the crop produces...
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Arundo donax (category Energy crops)
promising crops for energy production in the Mediterranean climate of Europe and Africa, where it has shown advantages as an indigenous crop (already adapted...
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Panicum virgatum (category Energy crops)
attention is being placed on switchgrass management as an energy crop. Generally, the crop requires modest application of nitrogen fertilizer, as it is...
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Jerusalem artichoke (category Energy crops)
artichoke has low nutrient requirements and needs less nitrogen than other energy crops. The competitiveness against weeds is high, making weed control easier...
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Rapeseed (category Energy crops)
pests and diseases being carried over from one crop to another. Winter rape is less susceptible to crop failure as it is more vigorous than the summer...
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Maize (category Energy crops)
countries that primarily use the term maize, the word corn may denote any cereal crop, varying geographically with the local staple, such as wheat in England and...
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Harvest (redirect from Crop failure)
especially the process of gathering mature crops, and "the harvest" also refers to the collected crops. Reaping is the cutting of grain or pulses for...
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The following table shows the vegetable oil yields of common energy crops associated with biodiesel production. Included is growing zone data, relevant...
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Miscanthus (category Energy crops)
Willy H. Verheye, ed. (2010). "Perennial Energy Crops: Growth and Management". Soils, Plant Growth and Crop Production Volume III. EOLSS Publishers. p...
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plough. Monoculture Working animal Cash crop Animal husbandry Fiber crop List of domesticated animals Energy crop Animal product Medicinal plant Animal–industrial...
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A crop circle, crop formation, or corn circle is a pattern created by flattening a crop, usually a cereal. The term was first coined in the early 1980s...
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products such as cellophane and rayon. Conversion of cellulose from energy crops into biofuels such as cellulosic ethanol is under development as a renewable...
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Short rotation coppice (category Energy crops)
Short rotation coppice (SRC) is coppice grown as an energy crop. This woody solid biomass can be used in applications such as district heating, electric...
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Wheat (category Energy crops)
than any other food crop (220.7 million hectares or 545 million acres in 2021). World trade in wheat is greater than for all other crops combined. In 2021...
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Ethanol fuel (section Efficiency of common crops)
Bioethanol is a form of renewable energy that can be produced from agricultural feedstocks. It can be made from very common crops such as hemp, sugarcane, potato...
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Sorghum (category Energy crops)
subtropical regions. Sorghum is the world's fifth-most important cereal crop after rice, wheat, maize, and barley. Sorghum is typically an annual, but...
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Cover crops reduce soil loss by improving soil structure and increasing infiltration, protecting the soil surface, scattering raindrop energy, and reducing...
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Soybean (category Energy crops)
and industrial applications, is another product of processing the soybean crop. Soybean is the most important protein source for feed farm animals (that...
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Second-generation biofuels (section Energy crops)
technology to extract useful energy from them. Second generation feedstocks include lignocellulosic biomass or woody crops, agricultural residues or waste...
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