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The goal of this task was to develop model wood energy crops for the regions of
the United States where land availability and climate are favorable for the
establishment of biomass-based energy systems. The research strategy was
designed to maximize economic returns, reduce environmental impacts and
establish sustainable biomass supply systems by optimizing per unit area
productivity for members of the Populus and Salix genera over a
substantially large portion of the U.S. Productivity increases were achieved
through a combination of traditional breeding, advanced silviculture, molecular
genetics, and crop protection.
Research on wood energy crops was organized into comprehensive regional crop
development consortia. Each included a tree breeding program supported by
research ranging from silvicultural trials and insect and disease evaluations
to basic physiology studies and biotechnology applications.
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Publications and Presentations
The links below point to the online versions of many publications. Due to
copyright restrictions, not all the materials authored by ORNL staff and
collaborators are available on BIN.
BIOBIB,
a searchable bibliographic database, can be used to find additional topical
information written by ORNL staff and collaborators. Your local library can
help you get copies of these items.
Many of the documents require a recent version of Acrobat Reader which is
available on the Adobe website.
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DeBell, D.S., C.A. Harrington, G.W. Clendenen, M. A. Radwan, and J.C. Zasada.
1997.Increasing the Productivity of
Short-Rotation Populus Plantations.
ORNL/M-5943.
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Dinus, R.J. 2000. Genetic Modification of
Short Rotation Poplar Biomass Feedstock for Efficient Conversion to Ethanol.
ORNL/Sub/99-4500007253/1.
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Graham, R.L. and M.E. Walsh. 1999. National
Assessment of Promising Areas for Switchgrass, Hybrid Poplar, or Willow Energy
Crop Production. ORNL-6944.
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Ledin, S., L. Sennerby-Forsse, and L.L. Wright. 1998.
IEA End of Task Report - Short Rotation Forestry Production Systems.
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Stanosz, G.R., E.L. Kruger, and J.G. Isebrands.
A Prototype Hybrid Poplar Biofuel Plantation in Southern Wisconsin.
1998. Proc., BioEnergy '98 - Expanding BioEnergy Partnerships.
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Perlack, R.D., L.L. Wright, M.A. Huston, and W.E. Schramm. 1995.
Biomass Fuel from Woody Crops for Electric Power Generation.
ORNL-6871.
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Tharakan, P.J., C.A. Nowak and L. P. Abrahamson. 2000.
Modeling Growth and Biomass Production in Willow Plantations in the
Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States. Proc.,
Bioenergy 2000 - Moving Technology into the Marketplace.
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Tharakan, P.J., L.P. Abrahamson, J.G. Isebrands, and D.J. Robison. 1998.
First Year Growth and Development of Willow and Poplar Bioenergy Crops as
Related to Foliar Characteristics. Proc., BioEnergy '98 -
Expanding BioEnergy Partnerships.
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Tuskan, G., D. West, M. Davis, C. Elam, R. Evans, H. Bradshaw, University of
Washington, Seattle, Washington D. Neale, M. Sewell, N. Wheeler, B. Megraw, K.
Jech, C. Weirman, and R. Dinus. 2001.Development
and Validation of Marker-Aided Selection Methods for Wood Property Traits in
Loblolly Pine and Hybrid Poplar. ORNL/TM-2001/41
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Volk, T.A., L.P. Abrahamson, E.H. White, E. Neuhauser, E. Gray, C. Demeter, C.
Lindsey, J. Jarnefeld, D.J. Aneshansley, R. Pellerin, and S. Edick. 2000.
Developing a Willow Biomass Crop Enterprise for Bioenergy and Bioproducts in
the United States. Proc., Bioenergy 2000 - Moving
Technology into the Marketplace.
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Wright, L.L. and S. Berg. 1996. Industry/Government
Collaborations On Woody Crops for Energy, Fiber and Wood Products.
Proc., BIOENERGY '96 - The Seventh National Bioenergy Conference: Partnerships
to Develop and Apply Biomass Technologies.
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Couto, L. and D.R.Betters. 1995. Short-Rotation
Eucalypt Plantations in Brazil: Social and Environmental Issues.
ORNL/TM-12846.
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