Preliminary Screening of Woody Plants as Biomass Crops on Energy Farms. Final Report

摘要

The results of a research project to perform a preliminary screening of woody plants as biomass crops on energy farms are described. An idealized model of a biomass crop, constructed out of physiologic and ecologic traits of woody plants, was developed for screening candidates. Nearly a hundred woody plants were screened yielding twenty-four likely candidates. The twenty-four candidates were aggregated by biogeographic criteria into five groups and mapped accordingly. (ERA citation 05:025588)