Title:
Effect of Irrigation Reduction on Arundo Donax Biomass in a Pot Experiment
Author(s):
Cano-Ruiz, J., Amorós, M.C., Bautista, I., Lobo, M.C., Mauri, P.V.
Document(s):
Paper
Poster
Abstract:
Irrigation restrictions due to drought periods are increasing in the actual climate change scenario. In this sense, energy crops will be the first affected by limiting irrigation. Increasing the knowledge about drought tolerance and about the effect of water reduction in irrigated energy crops is necessary to determine its capability to deal with these new environmental conditions in different soils. Typically, Arundo donax has been considered as an irrigated energy crop, but different studies have demonstrated its flood and drought tolerance. The objective of this work is to study the response of Arundo donax crop to irrigation reduction in a pot assay using two soils with different characteristics, such as pH, organic matter or nutrient content. In general terms it was observed that the soil type in which Arundo donax is growth is determinant in terms of establish the crop response to differential water irrigation
Keywords:
biomass, energy crops, irrigation, production, Arundo donax
Topic:
Biomass Resources
Subtopic:
Biomass crops and energy grasses
Event:
27th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
1BV.8.2
Pages:
171 - 174
ISBN:
978-88-89407-19-6
Paper DOI:
10.5071/27thEUBCE2019-1BV.8.2
Price:
FREE
