LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS PRODUCTION FROM ANNUAL ENERGY CROPS

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: EN3B0065

Project closed

Start date 1 September 1986

End date 31 August 1989

Funded under

• Research and development programme (EEC) in the field of Non-Nuclear Energy, 1985-1988

Total cost No data

EU contribution No data

Coordinated by

Fundación Universidad-Empresa de Madrid
Spain

Objective

THIS PROJECT CONSIDERS THE POSSIBILITY TO CULTIVATE ONOPORDUM NERVOSUM BOISS AND CYNARA CARDUNCULUS L., ANNUAL HERBS OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA, FOR HERBACEOUS LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS PRODUCTION.

THESE SPECIES HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY THEIR HIGH BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY IN NATURAL POPULATIONS (ABOUT 20 T DRY MATTER/HA) AND ADAPTATION TO GROW IN POOR LANDS, BEING NECESSARY TO ADAPT THEM TO LARGE SCALE CULTIVATION.
DURING THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THE EXECUTION OF THESE PROJECT (SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1986) IT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AND EVALUATION OF THE BIOMASS PRODUCTIVITY FROM THE PLANTATIONS OF ONOPORDUM NERVOSUM, IN DIFFERENT VEGETATIVE CYCLES AND CYNARA CARDUNCULUS, ESTABLISHED THE YEAR BEFORE. PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS WERE CARRIED OUT AT THE END OF THE CYCLES (AUGUST 1986).
RESULTS SHOW THAT FIFTHEEN MONTHS DEVELOPMENT CYCLE IN O.NERVOSUM IS THE MOST SUITABLE FOR BIOMASS PRODUCTION PURPOSES, WITH A YIELD OF 17 T/HA. C.CARDUNCULUS SHOWS GOOD RESULTS SINCE ITS CULTIVATION YIELDS ABOUT 16 T DRY MATTER/HA, HAVING THE ADVANTAGE OF A YEARLY NATURAL SPROUTING, AGAINST O.NERVOSUM THAT NEEDS A YEARLY SEEDING.

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

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• social sciences › economics and business › economics › production economics › productivity
• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › agriculture
• agricultural sciences › agricultural biotechnology › biomass

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Programme(s)

• FP1-ENNONUC 3C - Research and development programme (EEC) in the field of Non-Nuclear Energy, 1985-1988

Topic(s)

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Call for proposal

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Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

Fundación Universidad-Empresa de Madrid

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 5,Serrano Jover ; 28015 Madrid ; Spain
• Total cost: No data

Participants (1)

DEPARTAMENTO DE BOTANICA AGRICOLA-ETS DE INGENIEROS AGRONOM

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE MADRID (ETSIA
• Total cost: No data