Arundo donax L.: A non-food crop for bioenergy and bio-compound production
Abstract
Arundo donax L., common name giant cane or giant reed, is a plant that grows spontaneously in different kinds of environments and that it is widespread in temperate and hot areas all over the world. Plant adaptability to different kinds of environment, soils and growing conditions, in combination with the high biomass production and the low input required for its cultivation, give to A. donax many advantages when compared to other energy crops. A. donax can be used in the production of biofuels/bioenergy not only by biological fermentation, i.e. biogas and bio-ethanol, but also, by direct biomass combustion. Both its industrial uses and the extraction of chemical compounds are largely proved, so that A. donax can be proposed as the feedstock to develop a bio-refinery. Nowadays, the use of this non-food plant in both biofuel/bioenergy and bio-based compound production is just beginning, with great possibilities for expanding its cultivation in the future. To this end, this review highlights the potential of using A. donax for energy and bio-compound production, by collecting and critically discussing the data available on these first applications for the crop.
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The biomethane yield of A. donax ranges from 0.151 to 0.391 Nm3 per kg volatile solids.
“the BMY range of 0.151 - 0.391 Nm 3 (Corno et al., 2014; Dragoni et al., 2015; Ge et al., 2016)”
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- Authors
- Corno, L., Pilu, R., & Adani, F.
- Affiliations
- University of Milan (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Adani, Fabrizio
- Venue
- Biotechnology Advances
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-12
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1535-1549
- ISSN
- 0734-9750 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2019775669
- Cited by
- 198
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 27 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 20 · 2015: 12
- FWCI
- 2.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Biotechnology Advances (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Regione Lombardia and Fondazione Minoprio (d.g.r. 16/03/2011 n. IX/1435)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Bioenergy crop production and management
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
- Keywords
- Arundo donax, non-food crops, bioenergy, biofuels, bioethanol, biogas, biomass combustion, biorefinery, energy crops, biomass production
- MeSH terms
- Ethanol, Poaceae, Methane, Biomass, Biofuels
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