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Impact of second‐generation biofuel agriculture on greenhouse‐gas emissions in the corn‐growing regions of the US
Abstract
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).”
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
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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 (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
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“LUC GHG emissions are also highly uncertain [14] due to large uncertainties in CGE modelling, aboveground carbon data, and SOC content data [15].”
From Land-use change and greenhouse gas emissions from corn and cellulosic ethanol (2013) · cites this paper as [14]
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“The uncertainty associated with these models, including GTAP, is large and difficult to estimate, as Plevin et al. [14] discuss.”
From Land-use change and greenhouse gas emissions from corn and cellulosic ethanol (2013) · cites this paper as [14]
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Metadata
- 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
- 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
- OpenAlex
- W2162680969
- Semantic Scholar
- fd4f45dc4f52b8f3d63789ea9c784f915192f50b
- Cited by
- 185
- References
- 21
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 24 · 2016: 13 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 21 · 2013: 23 · 2012: 10
- FWCI
- 35.14
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- 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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