Sustainable Cropping Systems for Harvesting Corn Stover for Biomass

The objectives of this research projects are: (1) Identify groundcover species compatible with corn grown for grain and biomass; (2) determine genetic characteristics of corn that enhance its potential to germinate and compete with perennial groundcovers; (3) develop management systems to minimize competition between corn and the groundcover, while maximizing soil carbon contribution, soil erosion protection, and nutrient cycling. Third quarter reports 60% completed: Variability in these clump-forming grass plots give the confidence that bare soil buffer regions around corn will have a significant effect on yield; project recorded days when the 2 harvest rows each plot had 50% of plants silking/shedding; and Weed composition and density data were collected at silking in all plots.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Program Information: Advanced Research, Biobased Research

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $727919.00
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  Department of Transportation
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Johnson, Shawn

• Performing Organizations:

  Iowa State University, Ames

  Ames, IA  United States  50011
• Principal Investigators:

  Moore, Ken

• Start Date: 20070101
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20130630
• Source Data: RiP Project 31343

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Biomass fuels; Corn; Crops; Erosion; Grain; Grasses; Ground cover; Sustainable development
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01572228
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Department of Transportation
• Files: RIP
• Created Date: Aug 4 2015 1:01AM