Impact of second‐generation biofuel agriculture on greenhouse‐gas emissions in the corn‐growing regions of the US

Davis, Sarah C; Parton, William J; Grosso, Stephen J Del; Keough, Cindy; Marx, Ernest; Adler, Paul R; DeLucia, Evan H

doi:10.1890/110003

Cited by 185Bioenergy crop production and managementBiofuel production and bioconversionSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Impact of second‐generation biofuel agriculture on greenhouse‐gas emissions in the corn‐growing regions of the US

Davis, Sarah C, Parton, William J, Grosso, Stephen J Del, Keough, Cindy, Marx, Ernest, Adler, Paul R, DeLucia, Evan H·2012·Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

DOI 10.1890/110003

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In the US, 95% of biofuel is produced from corn (Zea mays L), an intensively managed annual crop that is also grown for food and animal feed. Using the DAYCENT model, we estimated the effects on ecosystem services of replacing corn ethanol feedstocks with the perennial cellulosic feedstocks switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L) and miscanthus (Miscanthus × giganteus Greef et Deuter). If cellulosic feedstocks were planted on cropland that is currently used for ethanol production in the US, more ethanol (+82%) and grain for food (+4%) could be produced while at the same time reducing nitrogen leaching (−15 to −22%) and greenhouse‐gas (GHG) emissions (−29 to −473%). The GHG reduction was large even after accounting for emissions associated with indirect land‐use change. Conversion from a high‐input annual crop to a low‐input perennial crop for biofuel production can thus transition the central US from a net source to a net sink for GHGs.

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“According to studies conducted over the last 15 years, advanced lignocellulosic bioenergy crops like miscanthus have the potential to cut GHG emissions more effectively than corn (Anderson- Teixeira et al., 2009; Davis et al., 2012; Hudiburg etal.,2015; Von Hellfeld etal.,2022).”
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Other studies, including several in the US, provide modeled projections of C sequestration parameterized with data from a small number of short-term observations.
“Other studies, including several in the US, provide modeled projections of C sequestration parameterized with data from a small number of short- term observations (e.g., Davis et al., 2012; Hudiburg et al., 2015; Matthews & Grogan,2001).”
From Decadal change in soil carbon and nitrogen with a Miscanthus × giganteus crop on abandoned agricultural land in southeast Ohio (2024) · cites this paper as Davis et al., 2012
LUC GHG emissions are highly uncertain due to large uncertainties in CGE modelling, aboveground carbon data, and SOC content data.
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Authors: Davis, S. C., Parton, W. J., Grosso, S. J. D., Keough, C., Marx, E., Adler, P. R., & DeLucia, E. H.
Affiliations: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
Colorado State University (US)
Agricultural Research Service (US)
Corresponding author: DeLucia, Evan H
ORCID: Davis, Sarah C
Parton, William J
Grosso, Stephen J Del
Adler, Paul R
DeLucia, Evan H
Venue: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2011-07
Volume: 10
Issue: 2
Pages: 69-74
ISSN: 1540-9295 (ISSN-L)
1540-9309
DOI: 10.1890/110003
OpenAlex: W2162680969
Semantic Scholar: fd4f45dc4f52b8f3d63789ea9c784f915192f50b
Cited by: 185
References: 21
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FWCI: 35.14
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (publishedVersion)
Funders: Energy Biosciences Institute
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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 › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Keywords: corn ethanol, switchgrass, Miscanthus, cellulosic feedstocks, greenhouse gas emissions, nitrogen leaching, indirect land use change, perennial crops, annual crops, ecosystem services, DayCent model

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