Variability and adaptability of Miscanthus species evaluated for energy crop domestication
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Abstract A growing body of evidence indicates that second‐generation energy crops can play an important role in the development of renewable energy and the mitigation of climate change. However, dedicated energy crops have yet to be domesticated in order to fully realize their productive potential under unfavorable soil and climatic conditions. To explore the possibility of domesticating Miscanthus crops in northern China where marginal and degraded land is abundant, we conducted common garden experiments at multiple locations to evaluate variation and adaptation of three Miscanthus species that are likely to serve as the wild progenitors of the energy crops. A total of 93 populations of Miscanthus sinensis, Miscanthus sacchariflorus, and Miscanthus lutarioriparius were collected across their natural distributional ranges in China and grown in three locations that represent temperate grassland with cold winter, the semiarid Loess Plateau, and relatively warm and wet central China. Evaluated with growth traits such as plant height, tiller number, tiller diameter, and flowering time, the Miscanthus species showed high levels of genetic variation within and between species. There were significant site × population interactions for almost all traits of M. sacchariflorus and M. sinensis, but not M. lutarioriparius. The northern populations of M. sacchariflorus had the highest establishment rates at the most northern site owing to their strong cold tolerance. An endemic species in central China, M. lutarioriparius, produced not only the highest biomass of the three species but also higher biomass at the Loess Plateau than the southern site near its native habitats. These results demonstrated that the wild species harbored a high level of genetic variation underlying traits important for crop establishment and production at sites that are colder and drier than their native habitats. The natural variation and adaptive plasticity found in the Miscanthus species indicated that they could provide valuable resources for the development of second‐generation energy crops.
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Switchgrass and Miscanthus are highly productive and adaptive to less favorable soil and climate conditions.
“Two major cellulosic energy crops, switchgrass and Miscanthus are highly productive and adaptive to less favorable soil and climate conditions.”
From Biomass and biofuels in China: Toward bioenergy resource potentials and their impacts on the environment (2018) · cites this paper as [65]
Miscanthus lutarioriparius can adapt to northern China due to its tolerance of cold.
“Also, Miscanthus lutarioriparius can well adapt to northern China due to its tolerance of cold [65]”
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With well-selected species or cultivars and proper cultivation, switchgrass and Miscanthus can produce a substantial amount of biomass in most marginal lands in China.
“With well- selected species or cultivars and proper cultivation, these crops can produce a substantial amount of biomass in most marginal lands in China [14,65].”
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- YAN, J., CHEN, W., LUO, F., MA, H., MENG, A., LI, X., ZHU, M., LI, S., ZHOU, H., ZHU, W., HAN, B., GE, S., LI, J., & SANG, T.
- Affiliations
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Binghamton University (US)
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- LI, JIANQIANG
- SANG, TAO
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- GCB Bioenergy
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- Wiley
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- 2011-05-18
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- 4
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- 49-60
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- 1757-1693 (ISSN-L)
- 1757-1707
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- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Bioenergy crop production and management
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Genetics and Plant Breeding
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement
- Keywords
- Miscanthus, Miscanthus sinensis, Miscanthus sacchariflorus, Miscanthus lutarioriparius, genetic variation, adaptive plasticity, common garden experiment, cold tolerance, biomass production, Loess Plateau, marginal land, wild progenitor
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