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.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Program Information: Advanced Research, Biobased Research
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $727919.00
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Sponsor Organizations:
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
Department of Transportation
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Project Managers:
Johnson, Shawn
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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